‘Harris has a proven record of rejecting the ploys of corporate polluters’.
AB Wire
The Sierra Club has announced its endorsement for California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris for U.S. Senate.
As Attorney General, Harris has fought to protect key climate safeguards including defending California’s landmark carbon tax and President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, taken on environmental justice issues by standing up for the families at Mira Loma, and held companies accountable for dumping hazardous waste, it said in a release.
“The Sierra Club is proud to endorse Kamala Harris for U.S. Senate,” said Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, in a statement. “Harris has a proven record of rejecting the ploys of corporate polluters and fighting to protect our environment and the health of California’s families. Congress desperately needs more climate champions like her, which is why Sierra Club will mobilize its members throughout the state to ensure she is elected.”
The Sierra Club previously endorsed Harris’ bids for Attorney General.
“I’m honored and proud to have the support of Sierra Club in this race,” said Harris, in a statement. “Together, we’ve done great work here in California to fight climate change, hold polluters accountable and win justice for families who have been harmed by environmental disasters. But on so many environmental issues, majorities in Congress have stood in the way of real progress nationally. I’ll bring our bold California approach to protecting our environment to Washington and fight hard to get results on these critical issues.”