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From “America’s Amazon” to Africatown, Mobile is rich in natural diversity and culture, but it’s also home to the James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant, commonly known as Plant Barry.

ExCom Election: It is time to elect new leaders for the Alabama Chapter of the Sierra Club. Every Chapter of the Sierra Club has an Executive Committee to provide guidance and leadership. The Alabama Chapter Executive Committee consists of 8 elected...

Steve Garrison was a member of the Alabama Sierra Club and the Coosa Valley Sierra Club for many years, and served on the Excom of the Alabama Chapter for several years. His long struggle with cancer ended last month.

As election officials and the media continue sifting through the results of the 2020 election, the Alabama Chapter of the Sierra Club looks forward to fostering a spirit of collaboration toward common goals protecting public health and preserving...

Longtime Sierrans will remember the battles related to CAFO's the Sierra Club fought in the early 2000's. It was a time when large scale animal farms were making inroads into our rural communities, polluting the water and creating horrible odors.

Two areas of special interest that involve all our environmental concerns are Climate Change (which affects the global population) and Environmental Justice (which affects the most vulnerable of our population)

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) will accept written comments from the public on 3 proposed permits for the James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Plant Barry) near Mobile.

On Monday, the Sierra Club asked the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) to reconsider a billion-dollar Southern Company fracked gas proposal, citing secret negotiations that the company and its subsidiary Alabama Power kept from the Commission...

If you are concerned about voting in person during a pandemic and you are otherwise qualified to vote, you can now vote via absentee ballot in Alabama. (see the Secretary of State website here) Absentee voting rules for 2020 have been modified to...