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Last month, the Citizens to Save Allegheny Mountain (CTSAM) took its fight against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) to the Capitol. The PTC continues to pursue its disastrous plan to carve a gash through the mountain a mile long, 300 feet...

You may have heard native insects are declining globally, nationally, and in Pennsylvania. Insect decline and loss is happening faster than the decline of other species.

The North Central Pennsylvania Group held a successful Earth Day event at Bucknell University that featured Shaelyn Parker, Green Amendments For The Generations and a Delaware Riverkeeper, and Devon Guyer, Staff Attorney, Green Amendments For The...

Philadelphia, Pa. - On Monday, February 16, a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to restore signage at Independence National Historical Park examining the legacy of slavery at the site. The signage was removed on January 21, and the city...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania opened more federally-funded EV charging stations than any other state in the country last year, according to a new Sierra Club report out April 30, 2026.

On April 8, the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) withdrew a controversial regulatory proposal to weaken reporting requirements for spills of chemicals or other pollutants, citing “competing perspectives from a diverse group of commentators.” Sierra...

Back in 2021, the then Wolf Administration announced that Pennsylvania landfills would have to start monitoring for radium in their leachate (the wastewater produced by a landfill). The concern grew out of reports that landfills taking oil and gas...

Stories about PFAS continue to abound in the news. Recall that PFAS are chemicals (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) often referred to as ‘forever chemicals’ because they do not break down. Widely used for decades in applications...

Great news: The Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter has started a native pollinator conservation initiative! Why should you care? Pollinators like bees, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, and wasps are vital to both our natural ecosystems and...

Join hundreds of concerned Pennsylvanians virtually on Thursday, May 28, for Pennsylvania’s largest annual citizen lobby day for a cleaner future!