Press Releases

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - CSX Corporation has removed the final rail ties from a massive stockpile of hundreds of thousands of creosote-soaked railroad ties that had been stored on agriculturally zoned property near Dunnellon – dangerously close to the...

MIAMI, Fla.— Dozens of Miami-Dade County voters, many wearing “Incinerator Hater” T-shirts, gathered today in front of the Stephen P. Clark Government Center to send a resounding “vote no” message to county commissioners ahead of a planned vote on a...

FORT MYERS, Fla.— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today to protect endangered Florida panthers from a massive new development within the panthers’ occupied breeding habitat in southwest...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As Floridians face rapidly rising gas prices, the Florida Legislature has passed HB 1217 (Prohibited Governmental Policies Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions), a bill blocking local governments from adopting or enforcing...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, 32 organizations and businesses sent a letter to the Legislature calling for funding for Florida's state parks.Last December, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection released a sobering report showing that...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Today, Sierra Club Florida urged lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Appropriations to remove the amendment to SB 7046 (Taxation) that would prohibit Florida communities from adopting or implementing policies to reduce pollution...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Today, Sierra Club Florida announced the appointment of Cris Costello as State Campaign Director, a key role advancing the organization’s grassroots mobilization and environmental advocacy efforts across the state.Costello has...

NAPLES, Fla.— Conservation groups notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Tarpon Blue Silver King I, LLC, today of their intent to file suit in federal court to protect endangered Florida panthers from a massive...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Sierra Club Florida applauds last week’s announcement from State Representative J.J. Grow that CSX Transportation Inc. will remove the stockpile of creosote-treated railroad ties from the Dunnellon/Chatmire community. This action...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – On Monday, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection released a sobering report showing that Florida’s state parks face a staggering $759 million backlog in needed repairs and upgrades to maintain safe, accessible, and...