The Magazine of The Sierra Club
Climate Activists Bring It All to the Women’s March on Washington
Climate change is a women’s issue, too
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politics
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Wyoming Tries to Prop Up Coal by Banning Clean Energy
Wind and solar power would be “noneligible” for state utilities
Get Out and Help Out on MLK Day
Where and how to serve your community and the environment on this national day of service
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volunteers
The Outdoor Adventure Industry vs. Utah
Outdoor Retailer leaders put out a call to take the industry’s largest trade show to a more public-lands-friendly location
A Backpacker’s Theory of Life
What I learned my first summer in the Sierra Nevada—and since
The Women’s March on Washington Will be Big, and It Might Be Uncomfortable. That’s How It Should Be.
The day after Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, everyone from longtime organizers to people who’ve never attended a rally will converge on Washington, D.C., to protest
Feeding Frenzy
This incredible close-up shows how walruses vacuum up their meals from the seafloor
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wildlife
Floating Wind Turbines Could Power the West Coast
A wind farm using promising new technology is proposed for deep ocean off the California coast
Conservationists Worried that Cumberland Island, Georgia’s Wild Gem, at Risk of More Development
Coca-Cola heirs want ability to subdivide their family property for building more homes
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public lands
White Noise
The unlikely activists behind the Protect Our Winters movement have even bigger plans to save snow—and the planet—in the age of Trump
The Truth of the Vanishing Wild
David Yarrow’s “Wild Encounters” is a triumph of conservation photography
A Massive Iceberg Is Poised to Fracture in Antarctica
A widening rift leaves the fourth-largest ice shelf on the continent at risk
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climate change
President Obama Establishes New National Monuments on His Way Out of Office
Three new monuments celebrate civil rights history; two existing land and water monuments expanded
Can Aquaculture Be Sustainable?
Sierra’s correspondent visits the Monterey Abalone Company to find out
Some Questions for Rex Tillerson
Trump’s secretary of state pick will face a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Here’s what I’d love to hear him talk about.
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politics
Are We Stuck with Corn Ethanol Forever? (Big Ag Would Like Us to Think So.)
It's crazy to use 40 percent of the U.S. corn crop to fuel our cars and trucks
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renewable energy
What's better for my carbon footprint, leather boots or artificial?
Mr. Green has a fitting answer
Hey Mr. Green! How much CO2 is generated by producing and transporting a gallon of gas?
Mr. Green produces a surprising answer
Where the Deer and the Salamander Roam
New research shows some mole salamanders make an epic spring journey to find new mating ponds
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wildlife
Hey Mr. Green! What's a Good Ecofriendly Tile Cleaner?
Mr. Green shops around for an answer
