Ignoring strong public and tribal support for preserving Endangered Species Act protections for Wyoming’s grizzly bears, the state’s Department of Game and Fish has proposed trophy hunting of grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone region starting this September.
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"The erasure of islands and remaking of our atlases is already under way." Award-winning author and activist Rebecca Solnit walks us through a photo series on the Maldives and Marshall Islands, both located at the risky fringes of a warming world.
Read Solnit's essay.
Photo by Dan Lin
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It's hard to exaggerate how brazenly anti-environmental the farm bill now wending its way through the U.S. House of Representatives truly is. Let's see... it exempts pesticides from the Endangered Species and Clean Water Acts. It boosts logging, removes environmental reviews, and makes it easier to build roads in national forests. It undermines sustainable agriculture, makes it tougher for people to qualify for nutrition assistance, and tips the scales toward corporate interests and away from small farmers. Get the picture? The bill is likely to come up for a full House vote this month.
Urge your representative to oppose the farm bill.
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Earlier this April, the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the National Park Service announced a historic collaboration: The Tribe will co-manage the park's interpretation program, which includes greeting visitors at the front desk, leading interpretative walks and talks, and running natural history and cultural history education programs.
Read about this historic partnership and how other parks and public lands have partnered with Tribes.
Photo courtesy of the National Park Service
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Endangered Species Day is May 18. You can join Team Sierra to raise money and awareness on behalf of your favorite wild animal. Set up your fundraising page in honor of your favorite species, and tell friends and family why you are raising money to support the Sierra Club's mission of protecting our wildlife and their habitat. You'll reach fundraising milestones along the way, including the opportunity to symbolically adopt your own wild animal when you raise $39 or more. All our four-legged, flippered, and taloned friends will thank you!
Create your page today.
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Calling All Volunteers: Earth Needs You!
Here's your chance to give back to Mother Nature on a fun and affordable volunteer vacation. Projects include building and maintaining trails, removing invasive plants, and assisting archaeological digs, with free time for hiking or exploring your surroundings. We have options specifically for families, women, and seniors, too!
See all service trips and sign up.
Photo by Steve Veit
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Ignoring strong public and tribal support for preserving Endangered Species Act protections for Wyoming's grizzly bears, the state’s Department of Game and Fish has proposed trophy hunting of grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone region starting this September. Bears could be killed as soon as they step out of the national parks, except for a small buffer area east of the Tetons and north of Jackson Hole. This is a bad proposal for grizzlies and a bad proposal for the Greater Yellowstone region.
Tell Wyoming Governor Matt Mead to exercise his influence and stop the trophy hunt.
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The average U.S. citizen throws away a staggering 68 pounds of clothing and other textiles annually, adding up to around 11 million tons.
Find out how to turn old T-shirts and sweat socks into recycling gold.
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield's photography is literally out of this world. Over the course of three space flights, 4,000 hours in space, and 2,600 orbits of Earth, Hadfield—the first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station—has taken approximately 45,000 pictures of the planet we call home.
Check out this selection of otherworldly photographs of our planet&mdashplus Hadfield's zero-gravity David Bowie music video.
Photo courtesy of National Geographic
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With your vehicle donation, the Sierra Club Foundation can continue its work educating and empowering people to safeguard the health of our communities—allowing future generations to breathe fresh air, drink safe water, and experience wild places. Our partners at CARS will pick up your vehicle from any location, no matter its condition, and at no cost to you. CARS accept trucks, trailers, boats, RVs, and more.
Call now to schedule a pickup: (855) 337-4377.
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Jupiter!
If observing our solar system’s largest planet piques your interest, then May is the month for you to grab your binoculars—or a telescope if you have one—and train them on Jupiter. The gas giant reaches opposition, the best time to view the planet because it rises at sunset and sets at sunrise, making it visible all night long. This month will also be a fantastic time to observe Jupiter’s moons, and a meteor shower also will make an appearance.
Find out when and where to look for these and other celestial highlights.
Photo courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
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"Artists have a special responsibility to influence culture if they want to," says Skylar Funk, co-founder of the L.A. alt rock band Trapdoor Social. “Whenever you get on a stage, you have an opportunity to leave a mark on the world and to try to make it a better place." Formerly a volunteer with the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, Funk and his bandmates tour the country in a solar trailer, and for the past two years have staged Sunstock, a solar-powered music and arts festival.
Check out our new Faces of Clean Energy video and learn more about Sunstock.
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Explore Switzerland on foot, and you’ll wander past glistening glaciers, stroll through sprawling meadows scattered with confetti of wildflowers and rest your legs on the shores of peaceful alpine lakes under the gaze of ice-capped mountains.
Read more about the best places to hike in Switzerland.
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For 20 years, the Sierra Student Coalition has offered young people tools for organizing and activism through its award-winning leadership-training summer program (Sprog for short). Students and youth from all corners of the environmental and climate justice movements have gotten their start at Sprog, and spots are starting to fill up. If you're a young person looking to up your leadership and organizing skills, apply here. If you're a young person looking to up your leadership and organizing skills, or if you'd like to nominate a friend or a young person, please fill out this nomination form.
Apply today!
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"After 14 months of Trump, our worst fears have been more than confirmed," says Sierra Club associate communications director Javier Sierra in a candid interview. "It breaks my heart to see millions of my compadres living in fear and disproportionately exposed to climate degradation. Latino voters have the power to affect the outcome of crucial races across the country that could radically reshape the country’s political landscape. The problem is that Latinos tend to skip non-presidential-year elections. But there's too much at stake this time around."
Read more about what Sierra has to say about politics, voter suppression, and the imperative of energizing Latino voters this fall.
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Race Against the Clock in the Arctic
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has begun the environmental review process for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—the first step toward opening it up to Big Oil. This process would normally require years of environmental review, public input, and consultations with tribes, but President Trump and Interior Secretary Zinke are determined to make drilling a fait accompli in the nation’s largest wildlife refuge before a new administration can reverse their decision.
The BLM is accepting public comments until June 19.
Tell the BLM you are vehemently opposed to opening this national treasure to oil drilling.
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