
<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=""><div class=""><a href="http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2017/01/sierra-club-statement-trump-s-border-tax-announcement" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12.8px;" class="">http://content.sierraclub.org/<wbr class="">press-releases/2017/01/sierra-<wbr class="">club-statement-trump-s-border-<wbr class="">tax-announcement</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><div class="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-qQVYZb" style="font-size: medium;"></div><div class="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-utdU2e" style="font-size: medium;"></div><div class="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-tx78Ic" style="font-size: medium;"></div><div class="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-aHl" style="font-size: medium;"></div><div id="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-:3u8" style="font-size: medium;" class=""></div><div id="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-:3u2" class="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-ii gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-adO gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-gt gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-adP" style="font-size: 12.8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><div id="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-:3u4" class="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-a3s gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-aXjCH gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-m159dcc9280ae6d99"><div class=""><span id="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-m_8575275078030240749VOCUSHTML" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="2" style="width: 650px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><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_2921124620968538179gmail-m_8575275078030240749docs-internal-guid-a56280b5-dcc7-8158-dca4-8b0edcc1b9dc" 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_2921124620968538179gmail-m_8575275078030240749docs-internal-guid-a56280b5-dcc7-8158-dca4-8b0edcc1b9dc" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span class="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-aQJ"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-m_8575275078030240749docs-internal-guid-a56280b5-dcc7-8158-dca4-8b0edcc1b9dc" 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:(202)%20495-3039" value="+12024953039" target="_blank" class="">(202) 495-3039</a> or <a href="mailto:daniel.byrnes@sierraclub.org" target="_blank" class="">daniel.byrnes@sierraclub.org</a></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-m_8575275078030240749docs-internal-guid-a56280b5-dcc7-8158-dca4-8b0edcc1b9dc" class=""><a href="https://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2017/01/sierra-club-statement-trump-s-border-tax-announcement" 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 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="gmail-m_2921124620968538179gmail-m_8575275078030240749docs-internal-guid-a56280b5-dcc7-8158-dca4-8b0edcc1b9dc" 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 Statement on Trump’s Border Tax Announcement</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color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