Sierra Club: Gov. DeSantis Employs Jim Crow-style Voting Suppression Tactics
May 6, 2021
Gov. DeSantis has made it more difficult for Floridians to vote by signing SB90. Sierra Club calls on the U.S. Senate to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Stop the Expansion of Homestead Air Reserve Base
May 5, 2021
Seven national and regional organizations are calling on President Joe Biden to halt any actions by the U.S. Air Force that could lead to the installation of commercial and private cargo operations at the Homestead Air Reserve Base in Southern...
No Roads to Ruin Steering Committee Statement on SB 100
April 29, 2021
Sierra Club and the No Roads to Ruin Steering Committee did not support SB 100 because the bill did not stop all of the roads at the heart of M-CORES. SB 100 moves the state in the wrong direction and leaves North Florida's rural communities and...
Gov. DeSantis: Remedy the Legislature's Failures or Lose All Rights to Claim Any Interest in Protecting Florida's Environment
April 26, 2021
Sierra Club Florida sent an out-of-the-ordinary "veto request" letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis, targeting 12 anti-environment/anti-democracy bills that Sierra Club staff, members and supporters have worked to amend or stop.
The Truth About HB 1601, 'Right to Farm/Harm Bill'
April 14, 2021
Rep. Omari Hardy and Rep. Anna Eskamani gathered Glades community leaders and emissions experts for a press conference to highlight the threats presented by HB 1601. See the entire virtual press conference.
Catastrophic Toxic Wastewater Release Highlights Need for Federal Action
April 6, 2021
Manatee County officials issued evacuation orders for the area surrounding Florida's Piney Point in anticipation of the imminent catastrophic collapse of a phosphogypsum stack retention pond holding up to 700 million gallons of wastewater.
Thank You To the Champions
April 4, 2021
Colin Walkes, Sister Laura and Rep. Omari Hardy have gone out of their way to defend Floridians against harmful sugarcane field burning practices.
Tell EPA to Regulate Radioactive Gypsum Stacks
March 9, 2021
Radioactive waste is created when fertilizer is produced by strip-mining phosphate rock from mineral deposits. It is stored in giant "stacks" that can store up to nearly a billion tons of radioactive process water. Please take action and urge the...
Tiny Florida Key Deer Wins in U.S. District Court
March 1, 2021
A district court agreed with Sierra Club that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was improperly refusing to make public an Endangered Species Act report regarding the endangered Florida Key deer.
Sierra Club Releases Report Cards for Governor and Agriculture Commissioner
March 1, 2021
Sierra Club Florida has released its 2020 report cards for Gov. DeSantis and Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried.