way, the Sierra Club’s lobbying efforts have been diminished in power by even more powerful lobbying efforts, like the reduction in power of the AMA lobby in relation to health policy “In earlier eras, the AMA’s lobbying and direct, ideological appeals helped establish and sustain the private, employer-based health insurance system. But cost increases stimulated even more powerful interest groups, such as large corporations, to respond with managed care and bureaucratic controls” (Connolly 2042).
Likewise, large corporations have been able to successfully undermine the efforts of the Sierra Club, despite its considerable political influence. The members who came after the tenure of David Brower continued to oppose the construction of the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactor in California. While the membership used grass-roots tactics and political lobbying to wage opposition against the reactor’s construction, they lost the battle in lar
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