Press Releases

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Sierra Club Florida is proud to announce its endorsement of David Jolly for Governor and Gwen Graham for Lieutenant Governor of Florida.For decades, Sierra Club Florida has fought for a cleaner, healthier, and more...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Sierra Club Florida is proud to announce its endorsement of Jose Javier Rodriguez for Florida Attorney General.Floridians deserve an Attorney General who will fight for their rights and stand up to powerful interests,...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Sierra Club Florida joins organizations, nonprofits, and municipalities across the state in opposing Amendment 3, which will effectively gut the budgets of local governments in Florida.  The consequences of this amendment...

STATEWIDE, Fla. –  Today, Sierra Club Florida launched a new advocacy toolkit to equip Florida residents and community organizations with the resources to address the growing threats and impacts of AI-data center development around the state....

MIAMI, Fla. – Today, Sierra Club Florida issued the following statement in response to reports that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) conducted unauthorized searches of public records involving environmental advocates:"...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Today, Sierra Club Florida issued the following response to Miami-Dade County's intent to pursue permanent protection of the land within Big Cypress National Preserve that was used for the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz":“Sierra...

STATEWIDE, Fla. - On Saturday, May 16, Sierra Club Florida and environmental partners, allies, and advocates gathered across the state to defend Florida’s wildlife, coastal ecosystems, and communities from federal rollbacks of endangered species...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Sierra Club Florida issued the following statement regarding reports of the potential closure of the Everglades Detention Center:“The news that the detention center in the Everglades, callously nicknamed ‘Alligator...

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...