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Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in a closed-door meeting with the fossil fuel industry the agency’s plans to roll back safeguards finalized in 2024 to limit methane pollution from the...

Welcome to the online-only Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, the Sylvanian! Please read our October 2026 issue!

Each year, the Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club administers grant awards made possible by funding from the Huplits Foundation Trust. A committee of statewide Sierra Club members appointed by the Allegheny Group Executive Committee solicits funding...

Every year, the membership of the Chapter and the Groups have the opportunity to elect their Executive Committee (ExCom) members and delegates. This is an important part of membership, and as with other elections, your vote is your voice.

2027 will be a pivotal year for climate action. The decisions made in the coming months will determine whether we avert the worst of what's coming or lock in decades of damage future generations will inherit. Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter, in...

Summer 2026 was intense. Each day seemed to bring a new challenge, including extreme heat, wildlife smoke, and dangerous storms. In August, Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter joined the nationwide “Too Hot to Ignore” campaign to demonstrate that there...

Harrisburg, PA - Today, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission released an independent study on grid reliability in Pennsylvania and across the PJM grid operator’s region as more data centers connect to the grid. The results are startling. The...

Welcome to the online-only Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, the Sylvanian! Please read our September 2026 issue!

In July of this year, the Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club voted to endorse Brandon Dukes for Pennsylvania House District 12 (Cranberry/Mars/Zelienople, north of Pittsburgh) in a special election that was scheduled for August 18th. The Republican...

Pennsylvania residents are blessed to live in one of the few states where environmental rights are not merely an aspiration, but a constitutional promise. Enshrined in the state’s Bill of Rights is the powerful proclamation that “our public natural...