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Environment & Energy

hunter

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2. The Sierra Club has been broken as long as I've known them.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 11:12 AM

Jul 26

It can't be otherwise. Their biggest supporters tend to be people who have huge environmental footprints. That's the audience they have to cater to. They make their living collecting alms from the sinners.

In our society it's almost impossible for an affluent person to have a small environmental footprint.

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Sierra Club Executive Director On Leave; Another Exec Left After Disclosure That He Was Working As A Crypto Lobbyist [View all] hatrack Jul 26 OP

Disheartening. So much is at stake for the fossil fuel industry that I wouldn't put it Mike 03 Jul 26 #1

The Sierra Club has been broken as long as I've known them. hunter Jul 26 #2

This is somewhat unsurprising to me. John Muir founded the club to prevent the industrialization of wilderness, but... NNadir Jul 27 #3