Results for keyword: Sierra Club
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Sierra Club fights Keystone XL with civil disobedience
The act will be the first of its kind sanctioned by the group’s board of directors in its 120 year history, and may push the conversation over the controversial tar-sands oil pipeline to a new level.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Feb 18, 2013 -
Environmental warrior Martin Litton is still fighting at 95
Martin Litton, who has spent his entire life fighting to preserve Western landscapes, is still battling to save California’s giant sequoias.
by Jane Braxton Little, Feb 29, 2012 -
The most influential conservationist you've never heard of
The Sierra Club's Debbie Sease has spent three decades on Capitol Hill, fighting for the West.
by John Aloysius Farrell, May 01, 2011 -
Go East, young greens
What is it like to be an idealistic young environmentalist working on Capitol Hill?
by Paul Larmer, May 01, 2011 -
Love wilderness? Thank a veteran
Some of the environmental movement’s greatest heroes were also heroes of World War II.
by Ben Long, Sep 14, 2010 -
Building a more effective environmental movement
In The Rebirth of Environmentalism, activist Douglas Bevington explores the relationship between the giant national organizations, like the Sierra Club, and the small grassroots groups.
by Felice Pace, Apr 25, 2010 -
Turnover at the top
Many environmental groups are seeing a changing of the guard, epitomized by 38-year-old activist Mike Brune's new job as head of the Sierra Club.
by Ray Ring , Feb 21, 2010 -
The Shot Heard Round the West
Twenty years after the SouthWest Organizing Project accused conservation groups of ignoring environmental justice, diversity in the movement remains elusive.
by Marty Durlin, Jan 31, 2010 -
The Group of 10 respond
Two decades after the SWOP letter, the big environmental groups report their progress on the issue of environmental justice.
by Marty Durlin, Feb 01, 2010 -
The Renewable Energy Landscape
Maps, charts and text locate the nation's major renewable energy resources and some big projects on Western public land.
by Terray Sylvester, Jun 29, 2009
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