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Ginny Roscamp
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Senior Press Secretary, Outdoors for All & Sustainable Finance at @sierraclub.bsky.social | ginny.roscamp@sierraclub.org | she/her
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This week we are honoring and uplifting the courage, service and sacrifice of our military veterans — and we're especially proud of how getting outside, together, can make a difference.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🇺🇸 Today, we celebrate & honor those who served our country. In this episode, Sierra Club Military Outdoors shares how our parks and public lands provide opportunities for community and camaraderie. Listen now on your favorite streaming platform. #VeteransDay @sierraclub.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Critical reporting from National Parks Traveler on the unseen costs of the government shutdown on national parks -- pausing research projects that track wildfire impacts, water quality, species migration, and more. @parkstraveler.bsky.social

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The Unseen Costs Of The Government Shutdown On National Parks
The budget stalemate that politicians are clinging to in Washington is roiling parks across the country, upending everything from scientific research to infrastructure work and forcing employees to si...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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By changing the names of public places, censoring historical exhibits, and reducing access to public areas, the Trump administration is erasing the multicultural and multiracial stories of the people who shaped this country. https://ampr.gs/48ILAhV
The Trump Administration Is Erasing American History Told by Public Lands and Waters
Through a series of executive orders targeting place names, signage on, and access to public lands and waters, the Trump administration is erasing important chapters of American history.
www.americanprogress.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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“The Trump administration is weaponizing the government shutdown to gut staffing, weaken environmental protections, and normalize their ultimate goal of privatizing public lands,” writes @jackieostfeld.bsky.social in @thehill.com .

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October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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🚨 We just launched an interactive tracker analyzing the proxy voting guidelines of major U.S. public pensions.

🔍Take a look & learn how these influential investors decide where to cast their votes on shareholder proposals at major corporations.
New Interactive Tracker Analyzes Proxy Voting Guidelines of Major U.S. Public Pensions
Information will be updated regularly as pensions change their guidelines
www.sierraclub.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🚨 @sierraclub.org just launched an interactive tracker analyzing the proxy voting guidelines of major U.S. public pensions.

🔍Take a look & learn how these important investors decide where to cast their votes on shareholder proposals at major corporations.

www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
New Interactive Tracker Analyzes Proxy Voting Guidelines of Major U.S. Public Pensions
Information will be updated regularly as pensions change their guidelines
www.sierraclub.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“The primary goal seems to be … facade management, to make it seem that the parks don't require full staffing or all those other functions to be done."

National parks creating ‘facade’ during shutdown, former leaders say @politico.com

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E&E News: National parks creating ‘facade’ during shutdown, former leaders say
The Trump administration has kept national parks mostly open to visitors since the government shut down Oct. 1.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🌄 The future of America's national parks should be shaped by everyone.

The National Park Service is closing a comment period IN TWO DAYS on how to improve visitor services at parks.

Add a comment ASAP using @sierraclub.org's handy form.

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Your Voice Matters: Help Shape the Future of National Parks
Right now, the National Park Service is asking the public how to improve visitor services across our parks -- but has only given us until October 9 to weigh in. At the same time, parks are being drast...
www.sierraclub.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trump shut down the federal government, but not national parks.

"Forcing national parks to operate without sufficient support, simply to maintain the illusion of openness, puts visitors, staff & the land at risk." @jackieostfeld.bsky.social @sierraclub.org

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Trump Shutdown Forces National Parks To Remain Open, Operate With Skeleton Crews
Forest Service, BLM To Continue Staffing Activities Deemed ‘Essential’
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October 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Sierra Club's @jessyewaxman.bsky.social talks with @inthesetimes.com about our work to push pension to stop buying new bonds issued by fossil fuel companies hoping to raise 💰💰💰 for pipelines, refineries & more.
Your pension could be funding the very forces undermining workers’ rights, housing, and the planet.

Rebecca Burns reports on how unions are fighting back—and how retirement savings could be reclaimed for the common good.
Financing Our Own Destruction
How workers’ pensions fuel attacks on the working class—and how to reclaim them for the common good.
inthesetimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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In a time of division, Sierra Club members and activists led by Friends Across Borders gathered in honor of the 54th anniversary of Friendship Park. We celebrated #InternationalFriendshipDay here in hopes of seeing a future where this #PublicLand can be enjoyed together.
September 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Great news 🎉 The Every Kid Outdoors Act was introduced by @repyassansari.bsky.social.

This bill gives every 4th & 5th grader, and their families, free entry to our national parks & public lands. This is crucial to ensuring that all kids can get outdoors. 🌳💧⛰️

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Reintroduction of Every Kid Outdoors Act Would Permanently Fund Vital Program Providing National Park Passes to Youth
Outdoors Alliance for Kids has championed program since its inception in 2015
www.sierraclub.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Thank you @warren.senate.gov for reintroducing the Reconciliation in Place Names Act to rename geographic features or places with racist, offensive & derogatory names.

This is an important step in the process of making our public lands places for all people.
Reconciliation in Place Names Act Would Help Make Public Lands Welcoming to All People
Sen. Warren Reintroduces Act After Interior Secretary Terminated Committee
www.sierraclub.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today @warren.senate.gov reintroduced the Reconciliation in Place Names Act to rename geographic features or places with racist, offensive & derogatory names.

@sierraclub.org calls it "an important step in the process of making our public lands places for all.”

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Reconciliation in Place Names Act Would Help Make Public Lands Welcoming to All People
Sen. Warren Reintroduces Act After Interior Secretary Terminated Committee
www.sierraclub.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Annual shareholder meeting season might be over, but our push on major investors is only just beginning.

Join us in calling on major investors like public pensions to use their shareholder power to demand corporate climate action.

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September 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
New principles from @sierraclub.org guide financial institutions like pensions on how to make credible investments in climate solutions.

It goes beyond support for clean energy technologies and includes things like community resilience, green jobs & more.

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Sierra Club Publishes New Guidance for Financial Institutions on Credible Investments in Climate Solutions
Principles urge major investors like public pensions to direct capital toward real-world decarbonization, community resilience, and green jobs
www.sierraclub.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Welfare for an industry that makes hundreds of billions in profits and ravages the climate is civilizational self-harm. End it now.

Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column about the new study from @collinrees.bsky.social & @oilchange.bsky.social

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The US Is Giving Away $35 Billion a Year to Cook the Planet
Fossil-fuel producers should be taxed to defray the cost of climate change, not be given even larger subsidies.
www.bloomberg.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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🚨🚨🚨 Our *new research* finds that the U.S. federal government gives the fossil fuel industry a whopping $35 BILLION of handouts every single year, even as working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries, and utilities.

oilchange.org/paying-for-c...
Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production - Oil Change International
Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries…
oilchange.org
September 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Join @sierraclub.org at #ClimateWeekNYC for a forum on grassroots campaigns in defense of land, forests & food sovereignty, where panelists will discuss efforts to hold the financial system accountable.

Hosted by @foeus.bsky.social. Register: events.humanitix.com/nycw-finance...
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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The Sierra Club’s member-elected Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Loren Blackford as our next Executive Director, making her the first woman to lead the Sierra Club in our 133-year history!
September 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
💰 New net zero standards require financial sector to stop funding oil & gas expansion by 2030.

Will big US banks rise to the challenge?

@sierraclub.org's @jessyewaxman.bsky.social delves into the issue for @financialtimes.com @sustainableviews.bsky.social ✍️ www.sustainableviews.com/sbti-challen...
SBTi challenges finance to prove its climate commitments are credible
Jessye Waxman is a campaign adviser for the Sierra Club’s sustainable finance campaign The choices made by financial institutions will determine whether the energy transition succeeds or stalls
www.sustainableviews.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Industrial boilers are a little-known piece of manufacturing equipment with a BIG pollution impact. They use fossil fuels to heat water & produce steam used in processes like pasteurization. Thankfully, zero-emissions, electric alternatives are growing.

www.sierraclub.org/boilers101 @sierraclub.org
Industrial Boilers 101: A Little-Known Piece of Manufacturing Equipment With A Big Pollution Impact
Fossil-fuel powered industrial boilers are a little-known piece of manufacturing equipment that comes with a big pollution impact. Thankfully, zero-emissions, electric alternatives are starting to gai...
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August 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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The Trump admin plans to gut funding for the independent board investigating the deadly explosion at a US Steel facility in Pennsylvania.

This critical work must continue to keep ALL communities safe from future industrial accidents.
Trump Administration Plans to Gut Funding for Independent Investigation Board Just Days After Deadly Explosion at US Steel Plant
Federal budget proposal would eliminate funding for critical work that helps keep communities safe from future industrial accidents
www.sierraclub.org
August 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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NEW: The Sierra Club Foundation just hired Sara E. Murphy as the Director of Shifting Trillions, an initiative to catalyze capital in favor of a sustainable future. Below is a look at Sara, the Shifting Trillions campaign, and the importance of sustainable investing 👇
August 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM