Until fairly recently, the Sierra Club responsibly
endorsed U.S. population stabilization by measured, sustainable
immigration levels (HCN, 2/16/04: Why I’m running). Then came
political correctness, mass immigration, a rumored $5 million
buy-off to keep population matters off the club’s agenda,
more corrupting millions in corporate money, and the club’s
board took an abrupt about-face and fashioned a nontraditional,
“neutral” immigration/population policy.
The club now
treats overpopulation as a “global issue” requiring global
solutions, dismissing the environmental imperative: Think Globally
— Act Locally. It is curious that the club’s bosses
understand that deforestation is a global issue, but they
aren’t waiting for some miracle global deforestation cure.
Hell, no! They are litigating, lobbying and exhorting locally, not
globally.
That’s why David Brower — the grand
man of 20th century environmentalism and longest holder of a board
seat in the club’s history — resigned from the board,
saying, “The world is burning, and all I hear from (the
club’s board) is the music of violins. Overpopulation is
perhaps the biggest problem facing us and immigration is part of
that problem. It has to be addressed.”
Regime change,
indeed, must come to the Sierra Club.
Mike
McGarry
Aspen, Colorado
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline It’s time for action on immigration.
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.
