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The State of Utah is filled with beautiful, red-rock wilderness that a group called Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) in partnership with Sierra Club has been working to protect for many years.

Although many are aware of the existential threat that climate change presents, there are numerous other life threatening environmental problems we face. The use of plastics, particularly single use plastics, presents to us and the life around us...

Plant It Forwards is a community tree planting and reforestation movement promoting urban forests and municipal ordinances. Our goal is to promote healthier urban forests with best practices to take action for climate change. Reforestation of our...

Toxic Free Philly is a growing coalition of diverse stakeholders calling upon Philadelphia City Council to join over 100 US cities that are prohibiting the use of synthetic and toxic pesticides on all city-owned property. The majority of...

By Jason Petrochko, Citizens for a Healthy Jessup, Northeastern PA Group Just days after the Pennsylvania legislature passed—with overwhelming bipartisan support—a massive tax break to lure petrochemical and fertilizer plants to the commonwealth,...

I get lots of on-line petitions in my inbox, and agree with many of them, but staff in the offices of our elected representatives consistently tell us that personal letters always carry the most weight. To make this easy for myself, I have...

First of all, please join me in thanking Veronica Coptis for her dedication to the chapter leadership over the last X years. And of course we owe a huge thanks to Joanne Kilgour, former Chapter Director, for being the face of the chapter in...

by Ben Block, PennFutureEdited by Rachel Rosenfeld, Community Outreach Coordinator, Pennsylvania Chapter Monroe County state and county elected officials and their staff gathered on a cold January morning for an educational tour of several...

House Bill 1100 (huge tax credit to subsidize the development of the petrochemical industry) After passing the House last September, this bill had been idling in the Senate Appropriations Committee until late January. On February 3rd ,it was...

Since I started working with the Sierra Club on my birthday in 2012, I’ve gotten to know many Chapter volunteer leaders and local activists as the Campaign Representative for Beyond Coal. Together we have helped accelerate the retirement of well...