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Sierra Club Foundation Announces New Executive Director

We are happy to announce the hire of a new Executive Director, Dan Chu, who previously led the Sierra Club's efforts to protect public lands. He is replacing Peter Martin, who led ...

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New National Monument in Maine for the National Park Service’s 100th Anniversary

In honor of the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service, on August 24, 2016, President Obama announced the designation of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in northern ...

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Sierra Club Supporters Demand Coal Leasing Reform

July 28 marked the last day of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) public comment period on its outdated federal coal leasing program. In January, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the ...

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SCF Earns 7th Consecutive 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

On June 1, 2016, Charity Navigator announced that the Sierra Club Foundation earned its seventh consecutive 4-star rating, the highest rating a charity can achieve, for strong ...

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2015 Annual Report now available!

Through their generous contributions in 2015, our supporters helped fund solutions that accelerate environmental and social change in just, fair, and inclusive ways ...

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We've Moved!

After 56 years in San Francisco, the Sierra Club Foundation has a relocated its office to Oakland, CA. We moved with the Sierra Club’s national headquarters ...

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New Report – Boom and Bust 2016: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline

The Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and CoalSwarm recently released Boom and Bust 2016: Tracking The Global Coal Plant Pipeline, the second of this series of annual reports. The report ...
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Sierra Club Calls for Continued Protection of Yellowstone Grizzlies

In March, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a proposal to remove grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone region from the Endangered Species List. The proposal comes ...
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Nearly Two Million Acres in New National Monuments in California Desert

On February 12, 2016, President Obama announced three new national monuments in the southern California desert for 1.8 million acres of protected public land. This historic moment ...
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Obama Administration Suspends Coal Leasing on Public Lands

On January 15, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the Obama Administration will be putting an immediate suspension on all new coal ...
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