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Sierra Club Defeats Anti-Immigration
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Apr 21, 2004 03:01pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Wednesday, April 21, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sierra Club Defeats Anti-Immigration
The Honolulu Advertiser
Sierra Club leaders beat back an effort by anti-immigration forces to gain control of the nation's largest and most influential environmental group. In elections for the Sierra Club's 15-member board of directors, candidates picked by the leadership won all five open seats in a landslide, according to vote tallies released Wednesday.
At stake was the Sierra Club's policy on immigration - a politically charged issue many club leaders have been reluctant to address. An increasingly vocal faction of the San Francisco-based Sierra Club that advocates a tougher stance on immigration ran its own slate of candidates, calling U.S. population growth the greatest danger to the environment. Sierra Club leaders warned that anti-immigration advocates were trying to take over the organization and its $100 million annual budget. |
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