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The environmental law firm, Earthjustice, released a report entitled, “Poisonous Coverup: The Widespread Failure of the Power Industry to Clean Up Coal Ash Dumps”. Coal ash is the toxic waste left after burning coal to make electricity and is...

Sierra Club and partners attended The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) in Montreal to mobilize efforts against Enbridge's Line 5 fossil-fuel pipelines and the company's threat to biodiversity, climate and human health....

Donors like you help keep the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter strong and successful. Year-end support is critical in the fight to protect and preserve the Great Lakes State.  There are many ways to support the work of Sierra Club in Michigan...

Thoughtful gift giving with an eye toward environmentally sustainable choices is a great option this holiday season, even at the last minute. Here are a few suggestions to consider finding at local markets, craft fairs, nearby farm stands or even on...

  DTE Monroe Plant. Photo by Analicia Hazelby, AMH Creative, LLC. For those who care about clean energy and climate justice in Michigan, 2022 was filled with meaningful progress. As a direct result of Sierra Club’s legal...

After Thanksgiving the Michigan legislature resumed for a three-day lame duck session, the period after the election but before newly elected lawmakers take office in January. For the most part, this year’s lame duck session was “lame”, but that...

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Despite decades of failure to recycle more than a very small percentage of its plastic packaging, the Coca-Cola Company is again trying to sell people on its recycling efforts. Coca-Cola has been declared the worst plastic polluter in the world...

  Left: Huron Valley Group Outing, February 2022, Nan Weston Preserve at Sharon Hollow. Photo by John Metzler. Right: Saux Trail Head, Marquette County. Photo by John Rebers. For the past 130 years, Sierra Club outings have...

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