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Governor Whitmer’s State of the State Address a Call for Climate Action - Now It’s Time to Get to Work (1-26-2023)
January 26, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, January 26, 2023
CONTACT: Sarah Tresedder, sarah.tresedder@sierraclub.org, 906-869-4167
Tim Minotas, tim.minotas@sierraclub.org,
Governor Whitmer’s State of the State Address a Call for Climate...
Sierra Club Michigan Chapter Names New Chapter Director, Elayne Elliott
January 19, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 01-18-2023
CONTACT: Sarah Tresedder, sarah.tresedder@sierraclub.org, 906-869-4167
Sierra Club Michigan Chapter Names New Chapter Director, Elayne Elliott
Detroit, MI - The Sierra Club Michigan Chapter has named Elayne...
Vice President Harris Visits Michigan with a Message - We Can’t Wait One More Minute - We Have to Act Now on Climate.
January 12, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Thursday, January 11, 2023
CONTACT: Sarah Tresedder, sarah.tresedder@sierraclub.org, 906-869-4167
Vice President Harris Visits Michigan with a Message: We Can’t Wait One More Minute - We Have to Act Now on Climate....
Media Advisory: Amidst Global Biodiversity Framework Negotiations at COP15, Sierra Club Joins Mobilization Efforts in Montreal to Highlight the Threat Enbridge’s Pipelines Pose to Bio
December 9, 2022
Contacts: Morgan Caplan, morgan.caplan@sierraclub.org,
Hannah Flath, hannahlee.flath@sierraclub.org, 860-634-0225
Sarah Tresedder, sarah.tresedder@sierraclub.org, 906-869-4167
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, MONTREAL,...
Sierra Club Stands in Opposition to Camp Grayling Expansion
August 22, 2022
Lansing, MI - In June, Camp Grayling, the United State’s largest US National Guard training facility, announced plans to lease 162,000 more acres of state land from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The Sierra Club has publicly come out...
Sierra Club Champions Win Big in Tuesday Primary
August 3, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Christy McGillivray, christy.mcgillivray@sierraclub.org, 808-726-5325
Sierra Club Champions Win Big in Tuesday Primary
Lansing, MI - Voters turned out to support Sierra Club-endorsed champions inTuesday’...
NEW REPORTING: Leather Waste Spreads PFAS on Michigan Farmland
June 1, 2022
WALKERVILLE, MI -- Today, groundbreaking reporting from mLive linked PFAS contamination on the Valley View Pork facility in Walkerville, Michigan to land application of waste from an automotive leather producer. Records show that Eagle Ottawa...
SIERRA CLUB CHAMPION WINS BIG IN LONG-SHOT SPECIAL ELECTION
May 4, 2022
Walker, Michigan - Last night Sierra Club-endorsed candidate Carol Glanville garnered national attention when her campaign delivered a stunning upset victory in Michigan House District 74’s special election with 52% of the vote.
Statement from Sierra Club Michigan Chapter on the Murder of Patrick Lyoya
April 25, 2022
Lansing, MI - Over the past years, the Sierra Club has come out in support of the families of victims of police brutality and has condemned the racist killings of Black Americans. On Friday, funeral services for Patrick Lyoya were held as his family...
Hope and a Call to Action at the Oakland County Climate March, Rally and Fair
April 23, 2022
Royal Oak, MI - Today, a strong coalition of environmental organizations and groups came together to host Oakland County’s first ever Climate March, Rally, and Fair to celebrate Earth Day and call for bold action from Oakland County governments to...