Conservation Committee Update
November 30, 2022
From The Conservation Chair
Sierra Club Ohio (SCO) has remained active in conservation actions during the past two years much thanks to the SCO staff members. With over 20,000 members in Ohio, making us the largest environmental organization in...
Join us for a Welcome Webinar and Volunteer Appreciation Event!
November 28, 2022
Thank You. Because of many of our volunteers and supporters, climate champions won big across the country this election season—even if every race didn’t turn out how we hoped. No matter how you activated during this election, we want to thank...
Ben Jealous Appointed as Sierra Club Executive Director
November 15, 2022
We are thrilled to announce that Ben Jealous will be joining the Sierra Club as our new Executive Director! This is a historic moment for our organization and for the environmental movement. Ben is at his heart a decades-long activist, an...
YES! On HB 389, HB 450 & SB 307
November 8, 2022
Ask Your State Legislators to Say YES! to Clean Energy & More Sustainable Transportation
We need your help to ensure that our legislative priorities are being heard in Columbus.
In recent years, the Ohio legislature has made it...
Environmental Groups and Impacted Residents Urge US EPA to Regulate Oil and Gas Waste Injection Wells in Ohio
October 13, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Contact: Teresa Mills, tmills@benohio.org 614-539-1471 and Morgan Caplan, Sierra Club, morgan.caplan@sierraclub.org
Environmental Groups and Impacted Residents Urge US EPA...
Bag Bans, Retail Workers & YOU
October 4, 2022
We all love to celebrate an environmental win, and though the passing of preemption legislation H.B. 242 in 2021 has made it even more difficult for local municipalities to manage waste and plastic pollution, there are still local governments that...
PawPaw Festival Fun
October 4, 2022
Written by Melanie Moynan-Smith
Athens Rethink Plastics and Sierra Club Ohio participated in the 2022 annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival on Sept. 16-18 at Lake Snowden Park near Albany.
Athens Rethink Plastics (ARP) is a group of individuals...
Forever Chemicals in Ohio Oil and Gas Waste Report
September 29, 2022
Columbus, OH - Today, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) released a report that shows that a class of extremely toxic chemicals known as PFAS has been used in Ohio’s oil and gas wells since at least 2013. Due to gaps in Ohio’s...
Garden Valley Neighborhood House Solar Installation
September 28, 2022
The Sierra Club's Ready for 100 Campaign in partnership with RE-Volv and IOBY celebrated a Solar Energy Installation Ribbon Cutting at Garden Valley Neighborhood House (GVNH) on Friday, September 16th. Garden Valley Neighborhood House was...
Giant Eagle Commits to Plastic Reduction in Ohio
September 27, 2022
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Columbus, Ohio - Earlier this month, the grocery store chain Giant Eagle, announced plans to remove single-use plastic bags from its nearly two dozen Columbus-area stores on Oct. 20 in "support of building greener...