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In the August issue of the Sylvanian, we published Part I of a profile of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Group which recounted its remarkable history. Part II discusses everything else!

HARRISBURG, PA — On Wednesday, PennFuture, the Sierra Club, Clean Air Council, Protect Penn-Trafford, and Earthworks filed a joint lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including Governor Josh Shapiro and the General Assembly,...

This is a call for nominations for Executive Committee candidates in Northeastern Pennsylvania to be part of the Pennsylvania Chapter. This new Group has been approved to represent Sierra Club volunteers in NEPA. 

This is a call for Nominations to seek election to the Pennsylvania Chapter Executive Committee as an At-Large Member to serve 2024-2025.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Group (SPG) comprises five counties in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Bucks. It was started in the late 70’s not long after the inauguration of the Pennsylvania...

Earlier this summer I decided to get arrested-that is, to commit civil disobedience on behalf of the climate emergency. (Not in my role as a Sierra Club member, since there is a national policy generally prohibiting civil disobedience in the name of...

Six years ago, I became a resident of Malvern, with my home landscape looking overgrown. Several aggressive pruning sessions later, I had a lot of planting to do. I wasn’t a big fan of ornamental landscaping; the thought of selecting plants merely...

The Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club has the responsibility each year of providing grant awards from the Huplits Wildlife Endowment. Grant proposals must be designed to help protect animal wildlife and wildlife habitat in Pennsylvania. Requests...

With the increasing realization of the harms of climate change, new world-wide high temperature records, and the growing intensity of heat waves, droughts, fires, and flooding around the world, it is empowering to remember that we can act locally to...