Cindy Carr, (202) 495-3034 or cindy.carr@sierraclub.org
Today, the nation’s top environmental organizations released a joint statement pledging opposition to Donald Trump’s NAFTA deal if it prioritizes the interests of polluters over the needs of communities across borders.
To date, the NAFTA talks have ignored most of the environmental concerns that the groups delineated before talks began. The demands include stopping the offshoring of pollution and jobs, supporting a clean energy economy, and shielding environmental policies from industry interference. Unless talks dramatically change course, the resulting deal is likely to further exacerbate pollution, job loss, and the climate crisis.
Sierra Club Responsible Trade Program Director Ben Beachy released the following statement: "The environmental movement is united in our demands to replace NAFTA with a deal that protects workers and the planet, not corporate polluters. NAFTA has helped corporations offshore jobs and pollution, devastating communities across borders. Trump could make matters worse with a climate-denying NAFTA 2.0 that locks in decades of pollution and caters to corporate polluters. But our groups have pledged to rise up together to oppose any deal that prolongs Trump's polluting legacy."
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Read the full statement here.
Groups that have signed on to the statement:
350.org
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for International Environmental Law
Defenders of Wildlife
Earthjustice
Food and Water Watch
Friends of the Earth
Green For All
GreenLatinos
Greenpeace USA
League of Conservation Voters
Natural Resources Defense Council
Oil Change International
People’s Action
Power Shift Network
Sierra Club
Sunrise Movement
About the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 3 million members and supporters. In addition to helping people from all backgrounds explore nature and our outdoor heritage, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.