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In October 2025, the Sierra Club Northeastern Pennsylvania Group convened a community discussion entitled “Can We Really Talk?”. The discussion brought together educators, advocates, and local government leaders to examine how current federal...

A few months ago a fellow member of our local Sierra Club Group sent me a short piece from the Guardian which highlighted the book, We are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate by Michael Grunwald. It is a book that...

My journey in composting began in the 1980’s when I was living in a rowhouse. I learned from a neighbor about the ecological value of composting - that in the oxygen poor environment of the landfill, the microorganisms breaking down the organic...

Valley Forge, Pa. — Today, the nation’s largest grid operator PJM held its capacity auction for the 2027/2028 Delivery Year. The auction ended when prices reached the price cap despite failing to procure enough capacity to meet the one-event-in-10-...

Rush Township, Centre County, Pa. — In a 2-1 vote on Tuesday evening, the Rush Township Supervisors in Centre County, Pennsylvania approved the pending permit for the renewable energy project known as Black Moshannon Solar. Environmental groups and...

Welcome to the online-only Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, the Sylvanian! Please read our December 2025 issue!

Community Advocates for Clean Energy of Greater Philadelphia (CACE) was established in 2023 to bring volunteers together to promote the federal clean energy incentives provided by the Inflation Reduction Act. The group formed as a collaborative...

Are you caught up on every episode of the Pennsylvania Chapter’s Clean Energy for All (CEFA) series, Season 2025? The bi-monthly CEFA webinars highlight the critical energy issues Pennsylvanians are facing, focusing on the inequitable impacts of...

Americans produce a lot of waste – estimated at 2 tons per year for average households. So where does it all go? In Philadelphia nearly 40% of its solid waste is incinerated, with the largest portion going to an incineration plant in the nearby city...

Do you love nature? Do you enjoy watching monarch butterflies and bumble bees as they visit beautiful wildflowers? Whether you simply like nature or you appreciate the role pollinators play in our agriculture, insects are important to Pennsylvania.