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| [[David Starr Jordan]], who was on the club’s board during Muir’s presidency, was a "kingpin" of the [[eugenics]] movement, including advocating for the forced-sterilization laws that affected predominantly Black, Latina and Indigenous women. He also co-founded the [[Human Betterment Foundation]], which produced research later taken up by the [[Nazi Party|Nazis]]. | [[David Starr Jordan]], who was on the club’s board during Muir’s presidency, was a "kingpin" of the [[eugenics]] movement, including advocating for the forced-sterilization laws that affected predominantly Black, Latina and Indigenous women. He also co-founded the [[Human Betterment Foundation]], which produced research later taken up by the [[Nazi Party|Nazis]]. |
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| ==== Criticism ==== | ==== Commercialization ==== |
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| In September 2014, [[David Schnare]] of the [[Energy & Environment Legal Institute]] published a report arguing that the Club and its subsidiary, the [[Sierra Club Foundation]], were operating in violation of non-profit law.((Schnare, D. W. (2014). //How the Sierra Club and the Sierra Club Foundation Violate Non-Profit Law.// Energy & Environment Legal Institute. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104200346/https://eelegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Bootleggers-and-Baptists-The-Sierra-Club-Hucksterism-A-2014-EE-Legal-Report.pdf)) A follow-up report in July 2015 by the Institute's Executive Director, [[Craig Richardson]], accused the Club of operating as a "front group for donors’ financial interests."((Johnson, D. (2015, July 20). //Sierra Club has become front group for donors’ financial interests.// The Washington Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104195824/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/20/drew-johnson-sierra-club-has-become-front-group-do/)) ((Richardson, C. (2015). //Big Donors… Big Conflicts: How Wealthy Donors Use the Sierra Club to Push Their Agenda.// Energy & Environment Legal Institute. https://eelegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Big-Donors-Big-Conflicts-Final1.pdf)) | In 2008, the Sierra Club endorsed a commercial product for the first time in its 116-year history: [[Clorox]]’s Green Works™ product line, receiving $1.3 million in exchange.((Barringer, F. (2008, March 26). //Clorox Courts Sierra Club, and a Product Is Endorsed (Published 2008).// New York Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104201823/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/business/businessspecial2/26cleanser.html?_r=0)) |
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| | In September 2014, [[David Schnare]] of the [[Energy & Environment Legal Institute]] published a report arguing that the Club and its subsidiary, the [[Sierra Club Foundation]], were operating in violation of non-profit tax law.((Schnare, D. W. (2014). //How the Sierra Club and the Sierra Club Foundation Violate Non-Profit Law.// Energy & Environment Legal Institute. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104200346/https://eelegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Bootleggers-and-Baptists-The-Sierra-Club-Hucksterism-A-2014-EE-Legal-Report.pdf)) A follow-up report in July 2015 by the Institute's Executive Director, [[Craig Richardson]], accused the Club of operating as a "front group for donors’ financial interests."((Johnson, D. (2015, July 20). //Sierra Club has become front group for donors’ financial interests.// The Washington Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104195824/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/20/drew-johnson-sierra-club-has-become-front-group-do/)) ((Richardson, C. (2015). //Big Donors… Big Conflicts: How Wealthy Donors Use the Sierra Club to Push Their Agenda.// Energy & Environment Legal Institute. https://eelegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Big-Donors-Big-Conflicts-Final1.pdf)) |
| ==== 2020 Presidential election ==== | ==== 2020 Presidential election ==== |
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| ==== Foundation ==== | ==== Foundation ==== |
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| The Sierra Club raises funds through the [[Sierra Club Foundation]].((//About the Sierra Club Foundation.// The Sierra Club Foundation. Retrieved January 4, 2023, from https://archive.ph/2NbS5)) | The Sierra Club raises funds through the [[Sierra Club Foundation]].((//About the Sierra Club Foundation.// The Sierra Club Foundation. Retrieved January 4, 2023, from https://archive.ph/2NbS5)) Donors include:((Richardson, C. (2015). //Big Donors… Big Conflicts: How Wealthy Donors Use the Sierra Club to Push Their Agenda.// Energy & Environment Legal Institute. https://eelegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Big-Donors-Big-Conflicts-Final1.pdf)) |
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| | * [[Energy Foundation]] |
| | * [[Google]] |
| | * [[Michael Bloomberg]] through [[Bloomberg Philanthropies]] and the [[Bloomberg Family Foundation]] |
| | * [[Mertz Gilmore Foundation]] |
| | * [[Recurrent Energy Development]] |
| | * [[Roger Sant]] through the [[Summit Foundation]] |
| | * [[Nathan Simons]] through the [[Sea Change Foundation]] |
| | * [[Tides Foundation]] and the [[Tides Center]] |
| | * [[William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]] |
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| ===== External links ===== | ===== External links ===== |
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| * [[https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/sierra-club/|InfluenceWatch]] | * [[https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/sierra-club/|InfluenceWatch]] |
| | * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/en/Sierra-Club|White Rose Wiki]] |
| * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club|Wikipedia]] | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club|Wikipedia]] |
| * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Sierra_Club|Wikispooks]] | * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Sierra_Club|Wikispooks]] |
