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- AZ Flagstaff-Northern Arizona Group's Updates
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- AZ Palo Verde Group's Updates = Phoenix
- AZ Saguaro Group's Updates = Northern Maricopa County
- AZ Yavapai Group's Updates = Prescott
- AZ Sedona Verde Valley Conservation Committee's Updates
Newsletters from Sierra Club National:
- Sierra Club Insider Updates = latest environmental news and actions
- Sierra Club Explorer Updates = new trips, exclusive deals, and much more
Here are all posted Updates, since 2013 -- for AZ Chapter (via pages of 10 updates, each). . .
"Communication Excellence Award 2024" for Thomas Hatfield
August 9, 2024
from Sierra Club Awards Committee for 2024 [on facebook]...
"Thomas Hatfield from the Grand Canyon Chapter is receiving the Communication Excellence Award this year for teaching volunteers in Sierra Club...
Student Contributor: Every Degree Matters
August 9, 2024
by Maria Traveno
Climate change is an undeniable reality. Our planet is experiencing unprecedented global warming due to excessive greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and other human activities.
Arizona has fluctuating temperatures, where...
Trees Matter
August 9, 2024
by Oscar Valencia
Here in the Valley of the Sun, our urban forests plays a vital role in cooling our cities. They do so by providing shade and through evapotranspiration, which is a process that cools surrounding areas through water vapor...
Stargazing at the Great Bend of the Gila
August 9, 2024
by Ana Gorla
We kicked off Latinx Conservation Week in Arizona with a stargazing event near the proposed Great Bend of the Gila National Monument.
We got to the Painted Rock Petroglyph campsite as the light was leaving the sky, just in time to...
BOOK REVIEW: "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson
August 9, 2024
by Miché Lozano
"The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson is a thought provoking climate fiction novel that weaves together policy, global finance, and environmentalism. While its complexity might appeal more to some readers -- I'm...
BOOK REVIEW: “The Emerald Mile” by Kevin Fedarko
August 9, 2024
by Gary Beverly
BOOK REVIEW: “The Emerald Mile” by Kevin Fedarko,2013, Scribner, 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map -- An audiobook version is available at most local libraries and through Audible.
While...
Explore & Enjoy Arizona -- Oct~Dec, 2024
August 9, 2024
OCT 26, 2024 (SAT) TIME TBA. “D”
Kendall Camp Day Hike (2 miles RT, EC <300).
We will park on FR79 and hike to Kendall Camp. Fall colors and fabulous views north. Kendall Camp was a mining camp and homestead. All that remains is the apple...
Sierra Club Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument: Still more to do to protect these sacred lands
August 8, 2024
More needed: a strong management plan, and closing the Pinyon Plain uranium mine (which was grandfathered in) -- This mine threatens the waters that feed local seeps and springs -- the sole source of drinking waters for the Havasupai Tribe.
2024 Environmental Report Card for AZ Legislature and Governor Released -- Session Characterized by Inaction on Key Priorities – Water, Climate, and Environmental Justice
August 5, 2024
Today, Sierra Club, joined by Chispa Arizona and Arizona Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) for Equity, released the 2024 Environmental Report Card for the Arizona Legislature and Governor.
Publicación de la Tarjeta de Evaluación del Medio Ambiente 2024 para la Legislatura y la Gobernadora de AZ -- Sesión Caracterizada por la Inacción en Prioridades Clave – Agua, Clima y Justicia Ambiental
August 5, 2024
El día de hoy, Sierra Club, junto con Chispa Arizona y Arizona Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) for Equity, publicaron la Tarjeta de Evaluación del Medio Ambiente 2024 para la Legislatura y la gobernadora de Arizona.
