Sierra Club

Opponents Question Proposed Trans-Atlantic Trade Deal

By Jared Metzker
Controversy is building following the announcement that negotiations will soon begin on a free trade agreement between the United States and European Union, with critics warning that any such agreement could negatively affect a host of regulatory concerns.

Q&A: Venerable Sierra Club Gets Radical on Tar Sands

By George Gao
The term “civil disobedience” takes its roots from an 1849 essay by U.S. poet, philosopher and environmentalist, Henry David Thoreau, originally entitled “Resistance to Civil Government”.