Organizations and Businesses Demand Water Pollution Fix in 2016
December 12, 2015
Clean water activists delivered a letter signed by 106 organizations and businesses to Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli.
Lakelanders Deliver Petitions for Clean Energy, Not Coal
December 7, 2015
Activists delivered more than 720 petitions to the City Commission demanding clean energy and the closure of one of the last coal plants in the state.
Florida Rallies for Paris Climate Agreement
December 4, 2015
Floridians joined people from all around the world, in more than 200 countries, to rally in support of the Paris talks to fight climate change.
Sierra Club Florida Unveils 2016 Legislative Platform
November 19, 2015
This document is an important resource for groups and volunteers to use in their visits with legislators when explaining where Sierra Club Florida stands on issues.
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.
Organizations, Businesses Join Forces to Improve Faulty Water Bills
November 15, 2015
After years of inaction, new legislation to stem declining water quality in springs, rivers, estuaries, and aquifers has fallen short.
Sierra Club Hits the Streets for People's Climate March in Florida
November 6, 2015
Sierra Club Florida members took to the streets for People's Climate marches and events in Tampa, Miami, Orlando, Gainesville, and St. Augustine.
Bear Hunt Rallies Sierrans Across Florida
November 4, 2015
The first sanctioned Florida Black Bear hunt in 21 years ended after two days with the deaths of 298 reported bears.
Polar Shift to Electric Buses from Diesel Coming in Pinellas County
November 2, 2015
It's the beginning of the end of the era of dirty diesel as Pinellas County's transit board recognizes that the future of transit is electric.