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Teach-In to End White Supremacy

Are you curious about the ways in which systemic racism is fueling the climate crisis, and how each of us can be a part of creating a livable future? RSVP now for a teach-in on Wednesday, October 20 with Allison Chin, former Sierra Club Board President; Hop Hopkins, the Sierra Club’s director of organizational transformation; and other Sierra Club leaders from all across the country to identify and explore our role in creating a multiracial, intergenerational, cross-class movement to end white supremacy and combat racial and climate injustice in our communities.

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RSVP today!




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Sierra Club President Ramon Cruz
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People vs. Fossil Fuels

Last week, Sierra Club President Ramon Cruz was one of more than 500 people who risked arrest at the gates of the White House in response to an urgent call to join frontline communities who have been carrying the burden of the pollution caused by fossil fuel infrastructure.

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Read Ramon’s dispatch from the demonstration.




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Bears Ears, Grand Staircase to Be Restored

Last week President Biden restored in full three national monuments that the Trump administration had shrunk. Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, as well as Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument, together protect about five million acres of federal land and water. Their restoration will help the Biden administration achieve its goals of conserving 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030.

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Read more about these historic restorations.




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Clear the Air

Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowed some of the West's largest polluters to avoid Clean Air Act rules. Now Biden's EPA has a chance to hold these companies accountable for their unchecked air pollution, cleaning up the air we breathe and clearing up the views at our national parks.

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Send your personalized public comment demanding that the EPA to regulate the most harmful coal plants.




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Speak Up for Clean Cars

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has the power to set fuel economy standards that dramatically reduce vehicle emissions, protect public health, and improve gas mileage. However, NHTSA has proposed a fuel economy standard that offers loopholes that would allow automakers to double down on gas-guzzlers.

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Urge NHTSA to set the most stringent standards possible so that people across the country can drive the cleanest, safest, and most fuel-efficient cars.




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Build Back Better!

As President Biden enters final negotiations with Congress over the Build Back Better Act, let’s make sure he hears us loud and clear—we’re counting on him to finish strong and pass historic action on climate, jobs, healthcare, education and justice.

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Use our toolkit to let President Biden know we need him to keep fighting for the boldest possible Build Back Better Act!




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Workers clean up the beach in Orange County, CA following a major oil spill off the coast | Photo courtesy of Peter Bennett, www.citizenoftheplanet.com
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Offshore Oil Spill Risks

On October 2, an undersea pipeline from an oil rig 4.5 miles from the Los Angeles shoreline ruptured, spilling an estimated 25,000 gallons of oil into the ocean and slathering marsh reserves, beaches, and wildlife.


Adding insult to injury,
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the costs of safely disposing of these massive offshore facilities may not be covered by their owners, leaving taxpayers stuck with the cleanup tab.


Read Javier Sierra’s article on the oil spill: "
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Sick of Cleaning Up After the Big Oil."




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Photo by Tim Mossholder, Unsplash.com
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Es el Mes de la Herencia Hispana

Para los Latinx el concepto de conservacion y justicia medioambiental es muy antiguo, las prácticas ecologicas ancestrales en la agricultura tradicional han demostrado ser más eficientes y respetuosas del medioambiente, pues no están basadas en obtener ganancias economicas sino en la sustentabilidad.


For Latinx people, the concept of conservation and environmental justice being inseparable is very old. In traditional agriculture, for example, ancestral ecological practices are proving to be both more efficient and more respectful of the environment by focusing on sustainability instead of profits.

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The canyon walls of the Gila River, in Gila National Forest, New Mexico. | Photo by iStock.com/ca2hill
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7 Latino Heritage Sites Urgently Need Protection

Fewer than eight percent of nationally designated landmarks in the United States specifically represent Indigenous, Latino, Black, and Asian history, underscoring the need to protect diverse heritages in an increasingly diverse country.

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“All these special places are threatened by exploitation,” says advocate Allyson Siwik.




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The Creek Fire One Year Later

The Creek Fire in California destroyed more than 850 structures and charred more than 379,000 acres, an area twice the size of New York City.

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Here are the stories of those still trying to recover.




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Tell US Climate Negotiators: Listen to Global Grassroots Voices!

The
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Global Grassroots Leaders Climate Summit is underway this week. Dozens of grassroots leaders from around the globe will be participating in public and private sessions aimed at elevating grassroots demands heading into the G20 and UN Climate summits this Fall.

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Tell US Climate Envoy John Kerry and US climate negotiators to center grassroots voices in these conversations.




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Can Native Leadership Save Our Parks and Monuments?

For the first time, Native Americans like Interior Secretary Deb Haaland hold key positions in power over large swathes of territory in the United States. Their leadership may offer a glimpse of what a new inclusive future for America could look like. Could it save the world from climate catastrophe? Could it make us one people genuinely tied to the land and not colonial systems of exploitation?

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Could it help us become one people, tied to the land, not to colonial-era systems of exploitation?




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Abandoned Oil and Gas Sites Are Leaking Methane

Methane emissions from inactive oil and gas infrastructure are the 10th-largest source of such pollutants in the United States.

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Here's what it could take to fix the problem.




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2022 Alaska, Hawaii, and Spring Domestic Trips

Looking for serious adventure—or just an opportunity to leave the house? We’ve got loads of experiences ready and waiting. Backpack, cruise, raft, and more in Alaska and Arctic Canada. Head to Hawaii and the American Caribbean for hiking vacations, service projects, and water journeys. Or check out our many options in the Lower 48. Plus, many of our canceled 2021 trips are rebooked and ready for reservations.

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See all trips and sign up.




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Protect the Majestic Gray Wolf

It's Wolf Awareness Week, and we're taking this opportunity to honor the gray wolf, a keystone species in its historic habitats. We must protect and learn to co-exist with wolves—not make it easier to hunt them to near-extinction.


You can help support our conservation efforts to protect gray wolves by symbolically adopting one today. Use code GRAYWOLF and get 15 percent off.

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