Blog posts from around the country
New Jersey Chapter
A whistle-blower lawsuit filed against New York Waterway by two employees has been unsealed, according to a New York Times article published today. The lawsuit claims that NY Waterway illegally dumped raw sewage, oil, fuel, coolant, and other…
Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
Sierra Club’s Los Padres Chapter has protected our environment in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties for more than 60 years. But we’ve never seen a year like this. No one has been left untouched by the multiple crises we face -- from the pandemic to…
Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
As president-elect, Joe Biden intends to prioritize climate action more than any president before him. Quantifying the expected impact of Biden’s presidency on climate change, however, remains difficult.
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.