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Incineration: Trashing the Air

May 30, 2022
The northeast corridor of the U.S. has the biggest concentration of trash incinerators in the country with the Covanta plant in Chester, PA being both the largest and the one with the fewest pollution controls, according to Mike Ewall, Director of...

Celebrate Juneteenth!

May 30, 2022
In 2019, Pennsylvania established Juneteenth, the day marking the legal end of enslavement of Black people, as a state holiday. It is a day to celebrate and remember one of our difficult national histories that both honors evolution and rejects...

Introducing Judy Wicks - Localization and Hemp

May 21, 2022
Judy Wicks, founder of All Together Now PA, prepared a short video to promote the webinar planned for June 23 - Localization and Hemp: Strategies for Addressing the Climate Crises.

A Time of Transition

May 9, 2022
Dear Members and Friends of the Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter, The Pennsylvania Chapter is entering a time of change and transition. Our team must share that Tom Torres is no longer serving as Director of the Pennsylvania Chapter as of April...

Exploiting the Crisis in Ukraine

May 7, 2022
Every day we get more news of the horrific conditions suffered by civilians in Ukraine, and the atrocities being committed by Putin’s military. We applaud the folks who are doing everything they can to help, and support all possible sanctions by the...

Fighting for Our Homes and Climate

April 27, 2022
Every person has the right to a safe, healthy home, but on any given day throughout Pennsylvania, this right is betrayed. Tens of thousands of people across our Commonwealth are experiencing housing insecurity, while hundreds of thousands more live...

Book Review: Zero Waste Chef by Anne-Marie Bonneau

April 23, 2022
“When we squander food, we don’t just waste the food itself; we misuse all the resources that went into producing it: the labor, the water, and the energy it took to grow and transport it, as well as the land, which we clear of carbon-sequestering...