Blog posts from around the country
Pennsylvania Chapter
There are cold, clear streams running through rural, pristine forests in the Lehigh Valley that contain such toxic levels of heavy metals that fish and other aquatic organisms cannot survive in them. In past coal mining days, pipes to ‘dewater’ the…
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
We need to re-think the whole idea of recycling and make manufacturers responsible for the materials they use and the products they make from the beginning to the end of the product. Perhaps we need to move from “Reuse, Reduce, Recycle” back to “…
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
You heard that right. Six municipalities in Chester County are collaborating on executing an Energy Transition Plan. And 22 municipalities in Chester, Montgomery, Delaware and Bucks counties, located in Southeastern PA, are "sitting together" in a…
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
This year’s GreenFest Philly took a very different format. Instead of hundreds of people meandering between several blocks of booths learning about environmental issues and organizations with music in the background, this year it was held as a “…
Pennsylvania Chapter
President-elect Joe Biden is on his way to the White House and with him, he brings a decisively different approach towards the crisis of the environment than his predecessor, Donald Trump. This change of leadership provides an opportunity for the…
Angeles Chapter
This holiday season, do your part and take the necessary steps to reduce your food waste.
“In the United States, food waste is estimated at between 30–40 percent of the food supply,” as stated by the FDA.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for December 2020. Click the title to see the news this month.
Lone Star Chapter
For our families, planet, and future, San Antonio must shut down its last coal plant by 2030. But City-owned CPS Energy won't discuss shutting the JK Spruce plan down, other than to warn of the costs
District of Columbia Chapter
Testifying before the DC Council about the mayor's nomination to fill a vacancy on the Public Service Commission, Mark Rodeffer called for the Council to confirm commissioners with the experience and vision to take proactive leadership to meet DC's…