By Suzy Schlosberg, Chicago Youth Alliance for Climate Action This fall has been an important season for youth climate activists in Chicago, with the Global Youth Climate Strike on September 20 drawing out record numbers of supporters, shortly...

Blog and photo by Suzy Schlosberg, Chicago Youth Alliance for Climate Action Friday, September 20, was the Global Youth Climate Strike. This was the first Friday school strike of the year, and it was made particularly momentous by the arrival of...

The rally at Daley Plaza attracted thousands of protesters in the wake of rumors that mass Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids would begin in Chicago and other cities that weekend.

Sierra Club is partnering with nonprofit Current on H2NOW Chicago, a pilot project to monitor microbial pollution in the Chicago River.

The safety of the now-famous Montrose Beach piping plovers has been partially secured thanks to the successful efforts of conservation groups to stop a huge concert planned for late August on the beach.

Chicago is making national headlines because a pair of piping plovers have chosen to nest on Montrose Beach. This is the first time in decades that this critically endangered species has attempted to nest on a Chicago Beach.

Join us on Earth Day for our first clean-up of the year at Montrose Beach, Chicago's largest and wildest beach. Sierra Chicago Group has been cleaning this beach twice a year for over 20 years. Our efforts are important to keep trash and pollutants...