Topeka Water Forum Saturday September 9
September 4, 2023
Kansas Water – our most threatened resource
What should Kansans know about water?
Too many polluters? Too many users?
Too critical to waste?
For Answers, Join us at our Water Forum
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Lawrence RALLY 9/12/2023 | 5 pm | Lawrence City Hall
September 3, 2023
Lawrence City Commission: Close Lawrence Power Plant
RALLY 9/12/2023 | 5 pm | Lawrence City Hall
Organized by Sierra Club and its Beyond Coal Campaign
The Lawrence City Commission voted to use clean energy only but Evergy broke its...
Featured Waypoint: Kansas Wetlands Education Center
September 3, 2023
In 2022, the Kansas Wetlands Education Center (KWEC) received international recognition as one of the world’s best wetland visitors’ centers when it was named a Star Wetland Centre by Wetland Link International. | Press release
KWEC...
Spanish Speaker Needed for Southwind Plastic Bag Project
September 3, 2023
Earlier this year, Southwind Group received a $10,000 Sierra Club Grassroots Network grant to buy reusable bags for disadvantaged Wichita residents.
We are planning fall events to give these bags away and we want more Southwind Group members...
Farm Bill Should End CAFO Subsidies, Focus on Equity and Regenerative Agriculture
September 3, 2023
By Craig Volland, Kansas Chapter Agriculture Chair
Congress is expected to resume work on a first draft of the 2023 Farm Bill after the August recess but passage is not expected before expiration of the 2018 Farm Bill on September 30,...
New EPA Rule Places Kansas Streams and Wetlands at Risk
September 3, 2023
By Elaine Giessel, Kansas Chapter Chair
Last week the Environmental Protection Agency revised its definition of Waters of the US to conform to the Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v. EPA. The new rule abandons the...
Sierra Club Says No to Evergy Rate Increase
July 29, 2023
By Elaine Giessel, Chair, Sierra Club Kansas Chapter
My comments were made at the July 13, 2023 rate hearing in Overland Park.
As chair of the Kansas...
Help Wanted: No Pay, Great Benefits to Environment
July 29, 2023
By Mimi Moffat, Chapter Nominations & Elections Chair
I'm looking for you if you're the person who will commit to using your brains, your passion, and your energy to serving the Sierra Club Kansas Chapter. It's a big ask, I know. But if...
Interior Secretary and Sharice Davids Promote Well Capping Initiative
July 29, 2023
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) led a July 10, 2023 roundtable in Overland Park to promote and educate local leaders on federal funding for addressing the environmental impacts of unplugged abandoned...
Kansas Drinking Water Needs Testing
July 29, 2023
A recent United States Geological Survey study found PFAS contamination in half of the drinking water sources tested in Kansas. Articles on the study included comments from the Sierra Club Kansas Chapter calling for more testing.
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