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NNadir

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

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 06:06 AM

Jul 27

...the modern Sierra Club never sees a wilderness that it doesn't want to convert into an industrial park for energy production, using ineffective mass and land intensive stuff that will become landfill within 25 years.

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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