A proposal to inject wastewater from Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell coal plant deep underground raises a larger question: What does each source of electricity leave behind?A recent Sierra Club announcement about an EPA public hearing sent me down...

We are looking for about 15 volunteers to help with a pollinator planting at the main entrance of Wint Nature Center at Independence Oaks County Park on Wednesday, July 15, from 8 am to 11 am.Register Here: https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?...

The Southeast Michigan Sierra Club Climate Team will be participating in three upcoming events, with a table, literature, our Environmental Jeopardy game and things people can do for the environment. If you are interested in helping out with our...

All across the state of Michigan, organizations and community groups have been working for decades to protect our beautiful state’s Great Lakes. In the face of shifting federal policies around environmental protection, it is more important now than...

Sometimes the best conversations are the ones you never planned to have. I recently had one of those with Tim Minotas, the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter's Legislative and Political Director. We were discussing a local effort in Novi to preserve...

Dear Mayor Fischer and Members of the Novi City Council,On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Michigan Group of the Sierra Club, we are writing to express our opposition to the proposed high-density residential rezoning of the...

 As a Sierra Club outing leader, I like to mix my hikes with a bit of naturalism and conservation information. I will often take breaks to point out birds and wildflowers, as well as talk about things our local group and chapter are working on...

Southeast Michigan Sierra Club activists were busy throughout April’s Earth Month. Members of SEMG’s Climate Team were among the lead organizers of the fifth annual Oakland County Earth Day Climate March, Rally and Fair in Royal Oak on April 18th....

Electric rates and the pollution caused by utility coal and gas plants are major problems. Our electric rates are increasing at twice the rate of inflation¹, and inflation is already too high. Coal and gas plants operated by utilities emit fine...

The city of Southfield officially launched a groundbreaking food scrap drop-off pilot program on February 9, 2026. Making it the first municipality in the nation to adopt a comprehensive “Blueprint to Zero Food Waste,” aiming to manage the roughly...