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Sierra Club Turns to Civil Disobedience to Stop Keystone Pipeline
2013-01-25 16:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Earlier this week, the Sierra Club announced that it is lifting its long-standing institutional prohibition on civil disobedience so that it can protest the development of the tar sands. The club's board of directors approved the change, which executive director Michael Brune made public on Tuesday. While staff and board members have previously participated in acts of civil disobedience in a personal capacity, this is the first time that the organization will take part. The group has been mum...
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