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- ↑ Sierra Club Names its New Leader at Washington Post
- ↑ Speak Softly and Carry a Big Green Stick from Alameda magazine
- ↑ Coming Clean: About the Author
- ↑ Hillary Step Prize Awarded - Hillary Institute Press Release
- ↑ "Michael Brune Stepping Down as Sierra Club Executive Director". Sierra Club. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ↑ "Pulling Down Our Monuments".
- ↑ "Deserting Nature for Identity Politics. Why I'm Resigning from the Sierra Club After 52 Years". 6 July 2022.
- ↑ Krauss, Clifford (4 March 2014). "Big Victory for Chevron over Claims in Ecuador". The New York Times.
- ↑ "The curious case of Steven Donziger: An environmental lawyer who took on big oil and ended up in jail". 3 October 2022.