abstract:Michael Brune is the executive director of the Sierra Club, an American environmental organization founded by conservationist John Muir in 1892. Brune was appointed to his position as executive director in January, 2010.
"The wildfires, storms and droughts we've seen over the past few years have shown us we need to make even steeper reductions in emissions that were proposed a few years ago, " says MichaelBrune, executive director of the Sierra Club.