The environmental group Sierra Club and the United Steelworkers union jointly endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama on Thursday. They noted several of Mr. Obama's environmental plans, including a "cap and auction" system to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, a call for 25 percent of US electricity to come from renewable sources by 2025 and a requirement for polluters to pay for their emissions -- with the monies invested in clean energy and green jobs. They also noted Mr. Obama's opposition to destructive oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and his promise to restore environmental protections that were rolled back by President George W. Bush.Founded in 1892 by the famed preservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club is America's oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization, with 730,000 members. United Steelworkers represents about 1.2 million active and retired members and is North America's largest industrial labor union.
GET INFORMED
- Read the Sierra Club's press release about the endorsement
- Download "Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-By-State Picture of Occupations that Gain from Green Investments," a report by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Visit the United Steelworkers Web site
- Sign a petition urging Congress to support incentives for clean energy jobs
- Sign a petition for a global treaty on climate change
- Subscribe to the Sierra Club newsletter
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