Boston, MA -- Tonight, Senator Ed Markey won the Massachusetts Democratic senate primary. The Sierra Club endorsed the Senator last September, citing his decades of leadership in Congress fighting to tackle the climate crisis, advance clean energy, and protect public lands, including co-authoring both the American Clean Energy Security Act and the Green New Deal joint resolution.
"Donald Trump es el peor presidente de la historia para la limpieza del aire y el agua, la salud pública y el clima. Es una vergüenza nacional su descarada celebración en un parque nacional como si fuera una fiesta mientras las familias del país confrontan las realidades de la crisis climática que él mismo ha exacerbado. Tenemos que reemplazarlo con Joe Biden”.
Washington, DC -- Tonight, Donald Trump will be coronated as the Republican nominee for president after a primary process which changed rules to prevent serious challengers. During the Republican National Convention (RNC), the climate crisis was mentioned only in brief passing. Meanwhile, in the middle of a pandemic that has killed more than 180,000 in the United States alone, the country is facing deadly wildfires across the West and a historic hurricane that brought “unsurvivable storm surge” struck the Gulf.
El director ejecutivo del Sierra Club, Michael Brune, y los copresidentes del Grupo Southeast Gateway de Wisconsin del Sierra Club, Tom Ritkowski y Laura Buska, emitieron la siguiente declaración tras el acribillamiento de Jacob Blake por parte de oficiales del Departamento de Policía de Kenosha
El ex vicepresidente Joe Biden aceptó anoche la nominación del Partido Demócrata a la presidencia de Estados Unidos. La semana pasada, el Sierra Club apoyó oficialmente a Biden, subrayando la fortaleza de su plan para atacar la crisis climática, y elogió su selección de Kamala Harris como su compañera de boleta.
Oakland, CA -- Tonight, former Vice President Joe Biden accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States. Last week, the Sierra Club endorsed Biden, highlighting the strength of his plan to tackle the climate crisis, and praised his selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.
El presidente del Sierra Club, Ramón Cruz, y el vicepresidente, Ross Macfarlane, enviaron una carta al presidente del Comité Demócrata Nacional (DNC), Tom Perez, en la que exigen que el lenguaje que incluye el fin de los subsidios a los combustibles fósiles sea reintegrado en la plataforma del partido.
Washington, DC -- Today, Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz and Vice President Ross Macfarlane sent Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Tom Perez a letter demanding language calling for an end to tax breaks and subsidies for the fossil fuel industry be immediately reinstated in the Party’s platform.
Durante el fin de semana, la administración Trump retiró la nominación de William Perry Pendley para servir como director de la Oficina de Gestión de Terrenos (BLM).
Oakland, CA -- Today, Vice President Joe Biden announced that he has selected Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) to be his running mate. The selection of Senator Harris is a historic decision as she becomes the first Black woman and first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party.
El Sierra Club declaró hoy su apoyo a la candidatura de Joe Biden a la presidencia de Estados Unidos.
Today, the Sierra Club endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for President of the United States.