Sierra Club to Endorse Obama

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Source: Washington Post

Sierra Club to Endorse Obama

By Juliet Eilperin
The Sierra Club, one of the nation's largest and most politically-active environmental organizations, announced this evening it would endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president.

The announcement was not a surprise: the group's executive director, Carl Pope, had hammered the presumptive GOP nominee, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), for months over his missed votes in the Senate and his support for nuclear power subsidies as a way to address global warming. This week Pope criticized McCain for announcing he supports lifting the federal moratorium on offshore oil drilling.

Tomorrow, Pope will speak at an event in Cleveland, Ohio with Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers, and formally endorse Obama. They will use a giant wind turbine as a backdrop to their announcement, in an effort to underscore the two groups' commitment to renewable energy.

"We believe Senator Obama is the change our nation needs -- he is the leader who will put America on the path to a clean energy economy that creates and keeps millions of jobs, spurs innovation and opportunity, and makes us a more secure nation," Pope said in a statement.

In the prepared statement, Sierra Club president Allison Chin predicted her group's backing would translate into "mobilizing thousands of volunteers around the country for the campaign -- on the phone, on the ground, on the airwaves and online, spreading the message that as President, Barack Obama will lead America into the clean energy future and that we support his plan to solve both our economic challenges and the challenge of global warming at the same time."

Read more: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/19/sierra_club_to_endorse_obama.html

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[flvegan]

1. As a pro-hunting group and an enivronmental group

this should help with both sides of the spectrum! Good news!

Guns and green, you just can't go wrong.

[agentS]

2. I was surprised

I thought they would endorse the Green Party candidate or Ralph Nader. They're a bit stronger on that issue than Obama is.

Of course, Obama actually has a good environmental plan. The Sierra Club doesn't endorse without a damn good vetting.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/energy/

McCain...his plan is this

Monday: No drill
Tuesday: Drill
Wednesday: I didn't say I would allow Drilling
Thursday: OK, no drilling.
Friday: Drill
Saturday: What Bush said.