The Path Forward
to Fight Climate Disruption
The next four years are crucial in the fight against climate disruption. Together, we can make sure
President Obama sets America on the right path with bold climate solutions and clean energy innovation.
Hold fossil fuel polluters accountable for their pollution through pollution protections, clean air and water standards and new efficiency and mileage standards.
Reject proposals to import dirty fuels and stop the rush of fossil fuel exports, including stopping Keystone XL and halting expansion of fossil fuel exports.
Double down on clean energy by opening financing and investment opportunities for energy efficiency and renewable energy and facilitating responsible leasing and deployment of clean energy on public lands.
Protect communities from future climate disasters and ready a robust and just response.
Protect our lands water and wildlife from the impacts of fossil fuel development and climate disruption.
Our Impact
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Total Actions
CO2: FOSSIL FUELnext >
Carbon dioxide is the largest contributor to global climate change. Burning fossil fuels (coal, gas, and oil) adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, and deforestation diminishes the ability of "natural sinks" to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. See Beyond Coal and Beyond Oil to learn how you can fight back.
CO2: DEFORESTATIONnext >
Carbon dioxide is the largest contributor to global climate change. Burning fossil fuels (coal, gas, and oil) adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, and deforestation diminishes the ability of "natural sinks" to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. See Resilient Habitats to learn how you can fight back.
CO2: OTHER CAUSESnext >
Carbon dioxide is the largest contributor to global climate change. Burning fossil fuels (coal, gas, and oil) adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, and deforestation diminishes the ability of "natural sinks" to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. See Beyond Coal and Beyond Oil to learn how you can fight back.
CH4 FRACKINGnext >
Methane is emitted from natural gas systems and the raising of livestock, and pound for pound has 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide See Beyond Natural Gas to learn how you can fight back.
N2O FERTILIZERnext >
Nitrous oxide is primarily generated by agriculture and wastewater management, and pound for pound has 300 times the global-warming potential of carbon dioxide.
FLOURINATED GASSESnext >
Fluorinated gases are mostly emitted during certain manufacturing processes, and have very large global-warming potentials.
News & Stories
June 1st marks the start of hurricane season. The agencies that provide long-range weather forecasts predict a very difficult season. So, it’s possible that another Hurricane Sandy or Hurricane Katrina will hit the Gulf Coast or the Atlantic Coast before November.
What can Sierra Club groups do in this situation? On Cape Cod and the Massachusetts islands, Sierra Club people... more
If the releases of greenhouse gases are the basic cause of global climate change (true I think), then unquestionably the threat is due to activities of mankind. And no amount of cap and trade legislation, blocking of tar sands pipelines, tweeking of gasoline consumption per mile, etc. is going to accomplish any significant improvement. If it is people who cause greenhouse gas emissions, it... more
I attended the People’s Summit in Copenhagen in Dec. ‘09 and listened to panel discussions/presentations each day. South Pacific Islanders and First Nation People living in mountain regions were rightly asking where is the leadership from the developed world, particularly from the U.S. to implement a plan to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
These community leaders had a... more
I’m concerned with the amount of pollution we are emitting and with water conservation.
I am a biologist with an invested interest in our planet’s wildlife (as should everyone else on this planet). Climate change is having severe and well-documented impacts on the phenology of many species. We need to slow this thing down fast!
We all need to realize that we are not our own entity separate from nature; our futures are linked. Therefore it is in our best interest to take care of what we have. The only things we have.
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Campaigns
Coal is America's dirtiest energy source, from mining to burning to disposing of coal waste. This campaign is uniting grassroots activists across the country, to move America Beyond Coal.
Coal is America's dirtiest energy source, from mining to burning to disposing of coal waste. This campaign is uniting grassroots activists across the country, to move America Beyond Coal.
Natural gas drillers exploit government loopholes, ignore decades-old environmental protections, and disregard the health of entire communities. This campaign is uniting grassroots activists to move America Beyond Natural Gas.
Our nation is home to an amazing diversity of wild places, from desert canyons to snow-capped peaks, Arctic tundra to ancient forests. Drilling, fracking and mining by Big Oil, Coal and Gas threaten these special places while making climate change worse. This campaign is standing up to these special interests, protecting our heritage and keeping fossil fuels in the ground.