Impassioned Crowd: No to Giant Powerlines in Everglades National Park
June 24, 2011
A standing-room-only crowd told park managers and a Department of Interior attorney to reject a plan to place 15 story-tall power lines along the edge of Everglades National Park.
Tampa City Council Adopts Strongest Urban Fertilizer Rule
June 24, 2011
Tampa joins Pinellas County across Tampa Bay in eliminating the sale and use of nitrogen lawn fertilizer in the summer.
Letter from Senator Bill Nelson — Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes!
June 1, 2011
Sen. Nelson states that we should modernize our tax system to encourage innovation and the development of new, alternative technologies in the energy sector.
Sierra Club to Governor Scott: Take a Hike!
May 26, 2011
Rick Scott exercised a line-item veto removing all funding for Florida Forever in the state budget. The Florida Legislature had approved $305 million for environmental land acquisition.
Manatee County Adopts Strong Urban Fertilizer Ordinance!
May 25, 2011
The draft ordinance presented to the county commissioners closely followed the Pinellas County ordinance passed in 2010 — the strongest urban fertilizer management ordinance in the state.
Sierra Club Fighting Massive FPL Power Plant to Be Built On Panther Habitat
May 25, 2011
Hendry County commissioners voted to rezone 3,127 acres near the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation from general agricultural to utility uses, allowing FPL to build a natural gas and solar energy power center.
Sierra Club Urges Governor Scott to Veto Bad Bill Adopted by Legislature
May 23, 2011
HB 421 would encourage wetlands destruction and development on farm land.
Be Floridian. Design Your Yard For the Place You Live Now.
May 20, 2011
Be Floridian is a multimedia campaign to get the word out on how to maintain Florida yards in such a way as to protect our most valuable water resources.
Coalition Testimony to NOAA is a Manifesto for Gulf Restoration
May 19, 2011
More than a year after it began, the Deepwater Horizon disaster is far from over and Gulf Coast communities continue to suffer.
Sierra Club Florida, Resident File Legal Petition Opposing Proposed New City of Farmton
May 17, 2011
Farmton is a proposed 23,000-residential unit development with more than 4 million square feet of commercial space on remote environmental sensitive land in Volusia County.