FILE PHOTO: A rainbow is seen across the Yosemite Valley in front of El Capitan granite rock formation in Yosemite National Park, California, U.S., March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Sierra Club on Wednesday said it would examine its "substantial role" in perpetuating white supremacy and denounced the racist actions of environmentalist icon John Muir, a prominent figure in the preservation of America's wilderness.
Michael Brune, the executive director of the 128-year-old Sierra Club, said it was committed to becoming an actively anti-racist organization and laid out some changes that would be made as the group works to counter racism and exclusion.
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