Nancy Muse Comments: U.S. EPA Public Hearing for Proposed Rule Change
July 17, 2023
I am a retired public school teacher, mother, and grandmother. I reside in the Muscle Shoals area of Northwest Alabama, on the banks of the beautiful but terribly polluted Tennessee River, which is also the birthplace of the Tennessee Valley...
Earth Day Mobile Bay
April 19, 2023
Earth Day Mobile Bay 2023 is Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is sponsored by Earth Day Mobile Bay volunteers, City of Fairhope and Sierra Club Alabama Chapter Mobile Bay Group.
Outings Trip Report from Outings Leader Vaughn Millner
December 12, 2022
The Alabama Sierra Club and Wild Alabama partnered to co-lead a hike at Sougahoagdee Falls for a stunningly beautiful day earlier this month. These rain sprite hikers enjoyed 6 waterfalls while hiking along Brushy Creek in the Bankhead National...
The Carnivorous Kingdom on Monday, August 22nd
August 9, 2022
The Carnivorous Kingdom, a new documentary by Alabama filmmaker Ben Raines offering a rare view into Alabama’s secret world of flesh-eating plants, will have its world premiere at Mobile’s Saenger Theatre on Monday, August 22nd. The screening will...
GASP, MEJAC, and Sierra Club Notch Win in Fight Against Air Pollution in Alabama
June 29, 2022
(EPA) granted a petition submitted by Sierra Club, GASP, and the Mobile Environmental Justice Action Coalition (MEJAC) that asked the agency to step in to enforce pollution controls at Plant Barry near Mobile, AL.
Sierra Representatives at Earth Day Mobile Bay 2022
April 29, 2022
Riva Fralick and John Klotz, members and volunteers of Alabama Chapter Mobile Bay Group, educated the attendees of Earth Day Mobile Bay 2022 about the coal ash pollution at Alabama Power’s Plant Barry and the AmericanRivers.org rating of the Mobile...
Mobile River named among America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2022
April 20, 2022
American Rivers today named the Mobile River one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2022, highlighting the threat that coal ash pollution poses to clean water and public health, including Mobile River.
Are you interested in leading Outings in Alabama?
March 24, 2022
This is a call to Sierra Club members in Alabama who love to explore our great outdoors. Sierra Club Alabama is seriously kicking off Outings in our state and we are partnering with some of Georgia’s leaders to help get us started.
Meet Riva Fralick: Alabama Sierra Club ExCom Member
February 26, 2022
I’m a retired air traffic controller. I was born, raised and worked in South Florida. After I retired, I moved to Baldwin County, Alabama, to be closer to my elderly mother. It is here that I became active in the Mobile Bay Group of the Sierra...
Public Comments on the Proposed Upper Mobile Bay Wetland Creation Project
January 18, 2022
Fellow Sierra Club Supporters,
You might not be aware of the Alabama State Port Authority’s proposal to move forward with the 1,200-acre dredged material disposal island. Attached is the Sierra Club Alabama Chapter comment letter that was...