politics

September 8, 2020

MEMPHIS, TN - The Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club today announced its endorsement of Marquita Bradshaw for the 2020 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee.

September 2, 2020

Today, the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Sara Gideon in the race for US Senate. Gideon, the current Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, is the leading challenger facing off against four-term incumbent Susan Collins.

September 2, 2020

The Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club today announced its endorsement of Jon Ossoff in the race for U.S. Senate.

September 1, 2020

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.

28 de agosto de 2020

"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”.

August 27, 2020

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.

24 de agosto de 2020

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

21 de agosto de 2020

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.

August 20, 2020

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.

August 20, 2020

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.

August 20, 2020

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. 

17 de agosto de 2020

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).