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Praise for Senator Negron's Plan to Buy Land and Send Water South
August 9, 2016
Florida Senate President-designate Joe Negron announced a plan to buy 60,000 acres of sugar land in the Everglades Agricultural Area to store water and send it south.
National Sierra Club Director Michael Brune Launches 'Ready for 100' Clean Energy Campaign in Florida
April 5, 2016
The nationwide campaign is encouraging 100 cities in the Unites States to commit to working toward sustainability and 100% clean energy.
Sierra Club and Allies Celebrate Clean Water Victory as Fracking Bill Dies in Senate Committee
February 25, 2016
Environmental and public health advocates declared victory after a Senate Appropriations committee failed to advance controversial industry-backed fracking legislation on a 9-10 vote.
Conservation Groups File Action to Curb Pollution from Burning Sugar Cane Fields
November 19, 2015
Earthjustice filed a legal action today asking the EPA to regulate smoke pollution coming from thousands of acres of sugar cane that U.S. Sugar Corp. burns in South Florida each year.
Sierra Club Urges Florida Senate to Reject Jon Steverson for DEP Secretary
November 18, 2015
Statement from the Sierra Club Florida Executive Committee to the Florida Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee.
Sierra Club Demands FWC Director Immediately End Bear Hunt
October 24, 2015
Sierra Club submitted a letter to the executive director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Sierra Club and Allies File for Injunction to Restore Amendment 1 Funding
August 15, 2015
Earthjustice filed suit asking the courts to force the Florida Legislature to return Amendment 1 funds to a conservation land buying fund.
Sierra Club Florida Statement on Release of the Clean Power Plan
August 3, 2015
Today, the EPA and the Obama Administration released the final version of the landmark Clean Power Plan.
Sierra Club Victory for Coastal Habitat in Manatee County
June 26, 2015
In a victory for the protection of coastal mangrove wetlands, Sierra Club and other groups successfully challenged the Southwest Florida Water Management District issuance of a permit to fill mangroves.
Sierra Club Florida Issues Statements on Bear Hunting to FWC
June 24, 2015
Sierra Club representatives spoke in opposition to opening black bear hunting in Florida.