Deeply Troubled by Forest Floodplain Public Land Sale to Development in Sterling Heights
November 25, 2025
We submitted this formal letter to the Sterling Heights City Council regarding the proposed sale and development of land purchased for "Riverland Park Improvements." Our message urges city leadership to honor the intended public purpose of this...
Keep Public Lands Public: SEMG Urges OCC To Begin Immediate Purchase Conversations with Oakland County Parks
November 12, 2025
To: Oakland Community College Board of TrusteesOn behalf of the Southeast Michigan Group of the Sierra Club and our more than 10,000 supporters across Metro Detroit, as well as Oakland County residents, students, and educators, we are writing to...
Who Will Solve the Climate Crisis? Lessons From Local Elections in Southeast Michigan
November 11, 2025
No one sector holds all the cards in this climate game, but some have more ability to make changes than others. While science and technology have essential roles, effective government action may offer our best hope. From library boards to the...
Michigan Residents Rally to Protect Clean Energy and Water from Data Center Expansion
October 29, 2025
Dozens of climate and clean energy advocates including many SEMG activists gathered yesterday in Auburn Hills for a rally and Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) public hearing to voice concerns about the state’s growing wave of...
No To Kings and Yes to Taking Action
October 24, 2025
Many Sierra Club volunteers and staff attended the 100 No Kings rallies acrossMichigan on October 18. Some volunteers attended more than one event. Here is a report written by one of those volunteers. Sincerely, The SEMG Executive...
Support for Preserving Sibley Prairie in Brownstown Township, Wayne County
October 16, 2025
We sent the letter below today to support the efforts to save Sibley Prairie in Wayne County. To learn more about this effort, please visit the website of the Coalition of which we are a founding member at: Coalition to Save Sibley...
Clean Energy, Fair Bills, and a Future Worth Protecting
October 10, 2025
Michigan is rewriting the rules that DTE Energy and Consumers Energy must follow as they plan what gets built—or retired—for the next 20 years. There are at least 3 things wrong with the way we do it now: 1. Too many Michiganders cannot afford...
Objection to St. Clair County’s Restrictions on Solar Energy Development
September 18, 2025
The mission of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth. Increasingly, we find that to protect these wild places and the planet moregenerally, we must address climate change. This means supporting clean energy....
Springfield Twp: Opposition to Proposed Levy/Burroughs Gravel Mine
September 8, 2025
Subject: Opposition to Proposed Levy/Burroughs Gravel Mine Dear Supervisor Davis and Township Officials, On behalf of the Southeast Michigan Sierra Club, I write to express our concerns and opposition to the proposed Levy...
Save Louellen Woughter Nature Preserve
April 15, 2025
On behalf of the Southeast Michigan Group of the Sierra Club and our thousands of members across the region, we encourage you to take decisive action to preserve the Louellen Woughter Nature Preserve portion of the Highland Lakes campus by selling...
