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Please join us in celebrating our name change from Otzinachson to North Central Pennsylvania Group of the Sierra Club! Why did we change our name? For several reasons: No one outside of a select few could pronounce Otzinachson, let alone spell it.

The Sierra Club joins family and friends in honoring the life of William R. Brainerd, who passed away in May of this year at the age of 84. Bill served on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Group (SPG) Executive Committee for about 15 years before...

Welcome to the online-only Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, the Sylvanian!

The Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter Nominations Committee is looking for dedicated members who want to become an At-Large member of the Pennsylvania Chapter Executive Committee (Excom). Three At-Large members of the ExCom will be elected this year...

Power Building. An evocative expression, isn’t it? To me the words suggest strength, energy, and growth in multiple contexts. I learned it when I joined a Pennsylvania Sierra Club team with that moniker last year, but little did I realize how...

On July 12, Pennsylvania Chapter Executive Commi at-large delegate Jacqline Wolf Tice and John Donahue traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with National Park Service Director, Charles (Chuck) Sams. Director Sams (Cayuse/Walla Walla) is a citizen of...

The Lehigh Valley Group conservation program allocated about $2,000 toward purchase of an outdoor honeybee observation hive and supplies. This project was deemed as important given the decline in honeybee populations and their importance as...

As we sweat through another historically hot summer, climate activists in Pennsylvania have been dealt a 1-2 punch of bad court decisions that limit or delay needed restrictions on carbon pollution from power plants. In June, the US Supreme Court...

Greetings everyone. My name is Emily Abendroth, and I joined the Sierra Club in May 2022 as the new Senior Program Coordinator of Philly Climate Works (PCW). I’ve been living in the city of Philadelphia for the past twenty years and have spent much...

As most of you know, the Pennsylvania budget was finally passed late on July 7th, and the legislature is now recessed for the summer. Given the multi-billion dollar surplus, we had the rare opportunity to advocate for and secure significant...