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🌊🚤✨ This summer, 30 youth from St. Paul’s East Side set sail with the Minneapolis Sailing Center for an unforgettable morning on Bde Maka Ska! Thanks to The Sanneh Foundation’s Summer Splash Program, these young sailors learned new skills, explored water recreation close to home, and gained a deeper appreciation for our local clean waters. 🛶💙 Big shoutout to the Sierra Club North Star Chapter for partnering with us to make this happen! 🌟

BREAKING: VP Kamala Harris selects MN Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. He has worked to protect clean air and water and grow our clean energy economy. The Harris-Walz ticket understands the fight before us and isn’t afraid to tackle the climate crisis head-on. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fuXQDr

At the close of its most recent term, the Supreme Court issued a flurry of decisions sharply limiting government agencies' ability to implement the law – including commonsense measures that protect our environment and public health. These decisions reveal a Court unwilling to trust its co-equal branches of government – and eager to make unprecedented expansions of its own power. Learn more about how the Court’s recent decisions will have far-reaching consequences for our government and our planet at the🔗 https://bit.ly/4djKQyx ✍️ Joanne Spalding and Sanjay Narayan

@jpmorgan & @citibank are some of the top fossil fuel financiers in the world – that’s why we are calling on them to stop supporting dangerous LNG projects. With 80 times the short-term warming danger of CO2, liquified methane gas is not the "bridge" fuel the Oil & Gas Industry claims it to be. It’s far past time these institutions make the right investments for our climate & future. #StopLNG Read more at the🔗 https://lnkd.in/gB6x94Hv

Clean manufacturing means we no longer have to choose between building a strong economy, creating good-paying jobs, and ensuring clean air and water in our communities. Sierra Club's new Industrial Transformation Campaign is doing just that and pushing for greener technology that replaces the polluting, unhealthy methods to produce the goods we need. Join us on July 31 at 6:30 PM ET to hear from the Industrial Transformation team and special guests, including Rep. Ro Khanna who is introducing a green steel bill in Congress!

Have you heard about Project 2025? It’s a blueprint to dismantle our democracy that would put the health and safety of our people, our families, and future generations in jeopardy. Learn more at the 🔗 sc.org/project2025

In early June, the Hamtramck HS Adventure Club spent three days and two nights camping at Ossineke State Park, with the assistance of Bus for Outdoor Access and Teaching (BOAT) and Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK). There, the students were able to experience the wilderness and shoreline of Lake Huron and the Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary. Each day was filled with enriching experiences, from exploring the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, where the students hopped on a boat and toured shipwrecks to snorkeling for the first time in a renovated diving tank they had on site! The kids spent the evening swimming in Lake Huron under the starry night sky and talked about the day and all that they look forward to on future trips! Before leaving back to Hamtramck, the students gave back to the beach by going along the shoreline and doing a clean-up walk before heading home. Reflecting on the experience, Uriel Llanas Vargas from Detroit Outdoors said: "The memories that were made [on this trip] are some that I know both the students and I will look back on for a lifetime. Thank you to OAK, NOAA, and BOAT for coming together to make this trip a reality!"

The outdoors are for everyone. 🌈 OUTdoors Idaho with @idahosierraclub is our queer-only outings group, dedicated to creating a safe and welcoming space for the LGBTQ+ community to explore and enjoy Idaho’s beautiful environment. By bringing together shared identity groups, we can improve wellbeing and combat the isolation many queer folks experience.

The Biden administration can continue to cement their climate legacy! Tell the Biden admin to shut down the Line 5 pipeline. Enbridge's pipeline, operated by a multi-billion dollar corporation, illegally trespasses through northern Wisconsin, violating the Bad River Band's sovereignty. This pipeline puts nearby water, plants, animals, and communities at risk of an oil spill and exacerbates the climate crisis. The proposed reroute construction threatens significant damage and would extend this risk for decades. This is our chance to tell the Army Corps and the Biden Administration about our concerns. Join us in submitting a comment and adding a personal message before August 4th at the 🔗 sc.org/ShutDownLine5

🌍 Ever wondered why environmental rules are crucial for our planet's health? 🌿 The U.S. Forest Service is considering the National Old-Growth Amendment, and we need your voice to make it stronger. Old-growth forests are vital for carbon storage, wildlife habitat, clean water, and cultural heritage. Let's ensure these precious ecosystems are protected for generations to come. Submit your comment today and make a difference! https://bit.ly/4eQv14e