Northwest Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz Faces Fury Over EPA Elimination Bill
March 1, 2017
More than two dozen Sierra Club members and supporters turned out to confront Congressman Gaetz at his town hall meeting in Pensacola last Thursday for drafting a bill to abolish the EPA.
In Historic First, Pinellas Transit Purchases Two Zero-Emission Electric Buses
February 24, 2017
The board of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority voted 9-5 Wednesday, in a historic first, to buy two all-electric buses from manufacturer BYD.
Sierra Club Florida: Nelson Thanked, Rubio Spanked on Pruitt EPA Vote
February 17, 2017
Sierra Club is deeply disappointed in Senator Marco Rubio for failing to protect Florida families from coal, gas, and oil corporations and the new head of the EPA, Scott Pruitt.
Tell U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Nix Underground Everglades Pumping Schemes
February 14, 2017
Email federal officials to oppose the use of deep injection and aquifer storage and recovery wells in Everglades restoration.
A Floridian at Standing Rock
February 7, 2017
A personal account of Standing Rock by a Sierra Club Nassau group member.
Sierra Club Florida Praises Statewide Ban on Fracking Bill
January 24, 2017
Florida moved a giant step closer to outlawing all forms of the dangerous practice of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking," with the introduction of bills SB 442 and companion HB 451.
Suncoast Sierra Says 'Clean Energy for ALL' at St. Pete Dr. King Parade
January 19, 2017
The Suncoast Group of the Sierra Club walked the walk for justice in their community Monday as its members marched in St. Petersburg's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.
President Obama Pulls the Plug on Seismic Airgun Testing
January 6, 2017
Today, the Obama administration formally denied all pending permits to conduct Atlantic Ocean seismic airgun blasting, a loud and dangerous process used to search for oil and gas deposits.
Sierra Club Applauds FPL's Formal Closure of Cedar Bay Coal Plant
December 22, 2016
Florida Power & Light Company has announced plans to formally retire the Cedar Bay Generating Plant, a 250-megawatt coal-fired facility located in Jacksonville, on Dec. 31.
Community Workshop Helps Clear Smoke on Sugarcane Burning
December 16, 2016
More than 30 residents of Lake Okeechobee's Glades communities gathered for the "Stop The Burn! Go Green Harvest! Community Workshop" on December 3 in Belle Glade.