Sierra Club Comments on Blue-Green Algae Task Force Draft Consensus Document
September 26, 2019
Sierra Club has issued comments on the Blue-Green Algae Task Force Draft Consensus Document, which it considers a positive first step.
Eliminate Preemption to State of Regulation of Retail Urban Fertilizer Sales
September 26, 2019
Local governments must be allowed to protect their own watersheds.
Public to FDOT: No Roads to Ruin!
August 27, 2019
Numerous statewide and regional organizations made a strong stance against the toll roads discussed at the launch of Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) M-CORES task forces meeting.
Changes Needed to Revised Plan for Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project
August 20, 2019
Sierra Club submitted comments on the Revised Draft Integrated Project Implementation Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project.
Sierra Club to FLDEP: VW Diesel Scandal Money Should Go to Zero Emission Electric Buses, NOT More Diesel
August 16, 2019
Sierra Club submitted comments to FLDEP on its draft plan for how best to spend Florida's $166 million from the VW diesel scandal.
Sierra Club Demands Full Review of EAA Reservoir Design
August 15, 2019
A recently released review of the Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoir draws attention once again to the fact that the current project design is seriously lacking.
Northern Everglades Basin Management Action Plans 'New Approach'?
August 14, 2019
Sierra Club submitted comments regarding the FDEP's draft approach to updating the three Northern Everglades Basin Management Action Plans.
Tenth Florida City Commits to 100 Percent Clean Energy
August 9, 2019
The City Council of Satellite Beach unanimously passed a resolution committing the city to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy for the entire community by 2050 and for municipal operations by 2022.
Stop the Burn Campaign Goes to Brazil
August 8, 2019
Sierra Club Florida organizing representative Patrick Ferguson visited Brazil to tour the Native Green Cane Project, where pre-harvest sugar field burning and chemical fertilizer and pesticide applications were abandoned years ago and replaced with...
Recruiting Members for New Florida State Agency Advisory Committee
July 8, 2019
A new Florida State Agency Advisory Committee is being established to provide insight into the operations of state agencies whose work impacts Sierra Club Florida's priorities.