Sierra Club chairman Carl Pope quit over disagreement on the direction the influential environmental organization should be taking. A member of the group for 40 years and executive director for 17 before becoming chairman last year, Pope controversially partnered with corporations like Clorox, accepted funding from large industrial donors, and staked out positions on issues many felt too accommodating of big business. With or without him, the club faces massive challenges, including “declining membership, internal dissent, well-organized opponents, a weak economy and forces in Congress trying to take the teeth out of environmental regulations.”

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