
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/danielbyrnes/status/798920417792630784" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12.8px;" class="">https://twitter.com/<wbr class="">danielbyrnes/status/<wbr class="">798920417792630784</a><br style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><br style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561VOCUSHTML" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="2" style="width: 650px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><table border="0" cellpadding="5" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016</span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Contact: Dan Byrnes <a href="tel:%28202%29%20495-3039" value="+12024953039" target="_blank" class="">(202) 495-3039</a> or </span><a href="mailto:daniel.byrnes@sierraclub.org" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">daniel.byrnes@sierraclub.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><a href="https://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/11/sierra-club-releases-new-climate-friendly-approach-trade" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">View as webpage</span></a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Sierra Club Releases New, Climate-Friendly Approach to Trade</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">New discussion paper outlines vision for trade that protects the climate</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">WASHINGTON, D.C.</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> -- Today, on a press call with trade and economic experts, the Sierra Club released </span><a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/uploads-wysiwig/climate-friendly-trade-model.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">a new discussion paper</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> that outlines a proposal for a new, climate-friendly approach to trade. The proposal comes just after Congressional leaders and White House officials </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">signaled that there is </span><a href="https://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/11/sierra-club-statement-tpp" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">no path forward</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal this year.</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">“The American public has made it loud and clear that the status quo on trade won’t do, so we’re putting forward something positive for people to rally behind: a new, climate-friendly approach to trade. As progressives who fought hard against the climate-denying Donald Trump, we are not about to let Donald Trump define the next trade model,” said </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. “Trade done right can help us fight climate disruption. Our vision for a new approach to trade aims to do just that.”</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Throughout the election cycle, we saw an overwhelming number of Americans reject the status-quo trade model that has cost our country jobs and decimated communities, especially working class families and communities of color.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">“The Sierra Club has stood with progressive allies for decades against corporate deals like the TPP that threaten workers, communities, and our climate. Today we offer our members and supporters something new to work toward -- a new, climate-friendly approach to trade,” said </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Ilana Solomon, Director of the Sierra Club’s Responsible Trade Program</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">In today’s </span><a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/uploads-wysiwig/climate-friendly-trade-model.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">discussion paper</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">, the Sierra Club offers 15 proposals for how to bring decades-old trade rules into alignment with today’s climate imperatives. These proposals have been informed by input from over 50 academic and civil society trade and climate specialists. The paper outlines an approach to trade that:</span></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Changes trade rules to protect climate policies,</span></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Uses trade rules to increase climate protections, and</span></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Mitigates the climate impacts of trade.</span></span></div></li></ul><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Moving forward, the Sierra Club will work with our grassroots and our partners to stitch climate-focused ideas into a broader proposal for a new approach to trade that promotes good jobs, healthy communities, and a livable planet.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">“In the aftermath of the TPP fight, it is more important than ever that we, as progressives, offer an alternative trade vision that is rooted in fighting inequality, respecting workers’ rights, fostering healthy communities, and seeking climate justice,” said </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Ben Beachy, Senior Policy Advisor for the Sierra Club's Responsible Trade Program</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.</span><span style="font-size: 8.8px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">“The Sierra Club will harness its strong, grassroots support to rally behind this bold vision to protect people and the planet,” </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Brune</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> said.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">A recording of this morning’s press call is available upon request. For the Sierra Club’s more specific suggestions on what climate-friendly trade deals could look like, see the discussion paper </span><a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/uploads-wysiwig/climate-friendly-trade-model.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">###</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">About the Sierra Club</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561docs-internal-guid-f97fcb76-6dd7-d76e-7187-6a15ba29542f" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 2.4 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 <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="">www.sierraclub.org</a>.</span></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td class=""><table bgcolor="#efefef" border="0" cellpadding="5" style="width: 640px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-m_-4775612161834449961gmail-m_-8518815779235318561container" width="100%" style="border-top-width: 8px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" class=""><table align="cent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