Ben Jealous is executive director of the Sierra Club, the oldest and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the country.

Source: https://seattlemedium.com/good-jobs-will-come-from-a-cleaner-economy/

For many in the environmental movement—including Sierra Club founder John Muir—experiences in the outdoors have inspired greater urgency about the need for systemic change.

Source: https://en.mercopress.com/2023/04/12/antarctic-tourism-is-up-but-experts-give-it-a-thumbs-down?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss

“He outshined and out-sparkled all of the other people we interviewed,” said Rita Harris, a Sierra Club board member who was involved in the search.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/climate/ben-jealous-sierra-club.html

He persuaded Muir to found what becomes the Sierra Club and they chose him as president.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/04/13/a-trip-to-yosemite-led-to-a-fresh-look-at-john-muir-in-guardians-of-the-valley/

In addition, Bunch and Roy Waley, conservation chair of the Sierra Club, both complained that the developer was not providing enough parkland.

Source: https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2023/05/brodie-oaks-pud-wins-second-round-approval/

In a state where heat waves, drought, and high electricity bills are changing daily life as we know it, the transition away from coal just makes sense,” said Nova Jones, field organizer for the Sierra Club.

Source: https://newstalk1290.com/ixp/195/p/tolk-coal-plant/

Jerard Wright, government affairs director for the Greater Los Angeles Realtors, was working for the Sierra Club and The Transit Coalition 20 years ago in support of the Regional Connector.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/04/14/beneath-dtla-ghost-trains-take-final-testing-of-la-metro-regional-connector/

Jill requested that donations in her memory be made to the Sierra Club.

Source: https://www.postindependent.com/opinion/friday-letters-library-books-school-board-endorsements-honoring-a-friend-paying-thanks/

Joe Halso, a Sierra Club attorney representing a coalition of environmental groups that urged the state to adopt the full rule, said the 2032 expiration will make Colorado an “outlier” among states that have adopted California’s clean car standards.

Source: https://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/colorado-targets-82-ev-sales-by-2032-but-delays-decision-on-full-gas-powered-car-phaseout/

Sierra Club Senior Campaign Representative Caroline Hansley has accused Congress of a federal overreach.

Source: https://wvmetronews.com/2023/06/30/mvp-heads-to-the-finish-line/

The Center, with other regional organizations like Appalachian Voices and the Tennessee Sierra Club chapter, has thrown its energy into pushing TVA away from methane.

Source: https://grist.org/article/the-tvas-plan-to-get-off-coal-could-lock-in-30-more-years-of-fossil-fuels/

The report, titled Banking on Climate Chaos, was authored by the Rainforest Action Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, BankTrack, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club and Urgewald.

Source: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/04/13/news/canada-banks-sunk-1-trillion-fossil-fuels-2016-risk-becoming-overexposed