Our annual spring river clean up this year should be even more fun than usual. And why is that you might ask? It's because we will not be lost in the crowd of the National Streams Cleanup day which will happen a week later than our scheduled day of...

Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine is preparing to become a test site for American chestnut trees that have been genetically modified to resist the fungal blight that nearly wiped out the species early in the last century. Eron Thiele,...

The Western North Carolina Group of the Sierra Club presents on Thursday, February 7, 7PM “Electric Cars Powered by Solar Homes” by Dave Hrivnak.  Learn how households are driving to net zero! Click here for more information. Location:...

Youth for Environmental Stewardship (YES) is an initiative to connect youth in our local high schools and universities with actions to protect and invest in our environment. The group participated on Sunday, Sept 10th in a river clean up in...

Judy Mattox of the Sierra Club testifying at the North Carolina public utilities commission September 27 making the point that Duke needs to pay for its coal ash cleanup and not pass on expenses to customers in the form of rate hikes. Ken Brame also...