
<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 class="gmail_quote"><div class=""><span id="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541VOCUSHTML" 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=""><span class="m_2270524958448197649gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><span class="m_2270524958448197649gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""></font></span><span class="m_2270524958448197649gmail-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="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; 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="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Tuesday, February 28, 2017</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Contact: Jonathon Berman, <a href="tel:(202)%20495-3033" value="+12024953033" target="_blank" class="">(202) 495-3033</a>, <a href="mailto:jonathon.berman@sierraclub.org" target="_blank" class="">jonathon.berman@sierraclub.org</a></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="https://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2017/02/sierra-club-response-transcanada-dropping-its-nafta-complaint-over-keystone" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" class="">View as webpage</a></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Sierra Club Response to TransCanada Dropping its NAFTA Complaint Over Keystone XL Pipeline</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Trump Approved Pipeline in Spite of TransCanada’s Attempt to Sue its Way to Construction</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; 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="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Washington, DC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> -- Today, TransCanada announced that is has dropped its $15 billion NAFTA complaint against the U.S. over the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. The project, which was rejected by President Barack Obama, was recently revived by Donald Trump.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span id="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; 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="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">“TransCanada’s attempt to use a corporate trade deal to sue its way to constructing the Keystone XL pipeline may be going away, but NAFTA rules continue to empower corporate polluters to sue the U.S. government in private trade tribunals over protections for our air, water, and climate. We must overhaul our approach to trade -- including NAFTA -- beginning with stripping the ability of multinational firms to use trade tribunals to boost their profits at the expense of people and our planet. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; 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="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">“Today’s announcement does little to change the fact that the Keystone XL pipeline remains a dirty and dangerous proposal that serves only TransCanada’s interests -- not the American people’s. It was rightfully rejected and it should remain so.”</span></span></div><p align="center" class=""><br class=""><span id="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541docs-internal-guid-19fd91c1-8613-1c0e-2a10-edc072ec3c59" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">###</span></span></p><p class=""><em class=""><u class=""><strong class="">About the Sierra Club</strong></u></em></p><p class=""><em class="">The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 2.7 million members and supporters nationwide. In addition to creating opportunities for people of all ages, levels and locations to have meaningful outdoor experiences, the Sierra Club works to safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and litigation. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org" target="_blank" class="">http://www.sierraclub.org</a>.</em></p></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="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541container" 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="center" bgcolor="#efefef" border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><div style="width: 612px; text-align: center;" class=""><a class="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541login" href="https://www.facebook.com/sierraclub" target="_blank"><img alt="Like us on Facebook." border="0" height="19" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe8a1372756c0c7a70/m/1/nat-newsletter-facebook.jpg" width="171" class=""></a><a class="m_2270524958448197649gmail-m_6491678784514197886gmail-m_6564335662454988541login" href="http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageServer?pagename=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