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Utah Environmentalists Take on the Sierra Club

By AAN Staff
january 9, 2003  07:50 pm
Utah Environmentalists Take on the Sierra Club
Has the Sierra Club become just another faction of the Democratic Party? Four Utah environmentalists find themselves in the forefront of a nationwide revolt against the leadership of the club for putting politics ahead of the environment. The primary object of their ire? Executive Director Carl Pope. "But critics say the 700,000-member strong organization with an estimated $80 million annual budget is now nothing more than a glorified hiking club that has sold out the environment to get buddy-buddy with Democratic politicians," Shane McCammon writes.
View full article at Salt Lake City Weekly