The Magazine of The Sierra Club
How a Community Group in Michigan Took PFAS National
Michigan has the highest number of PFAS-contaminated sites in the US
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toxics
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ICYMI: 2019, the Year in Critters
Multiplying loons, pine marten goons, tardigrades on the moon
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climate change
Kevan Chandler Travels by Pack, Bending the Rules of Accessibility
An adventurer finds a way to leave his wheelchair behind
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hiking
Jason Carney Is a Solar Evangelist
The founder of Energy Electives spreads the good news about solar energy
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clean energy
January Stargazing: Orion Nebula
The night sky this month reminds us space is both empty and very full
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astronomy
Wildness Is Everywhere
How Queens taught me there's no wrong kind of nature
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saving wild places
Fran Silva-Blayney Is Forever Fighting PFAS
This Sierra Club volunteer works to reduce toxic contamination in Colorado
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activism
The Case for Turning Farms Back Into Habitat
Isabella Tree champions the biodiversity of ecosystems in "Wilding"
Is Geoengineering a Solution to Global Warming?
"After Geoengineering" documents a spectrum of planetary interventions
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Sierra's issue on gender, population, and the environment
Mark Ruffalo, Real-Life Eco-Hulk?
The actor talks about marrying his career with his activism in “Dark Waters”
A Conversation With E.O. Wilson
The eminent biologist discusses his “Half-Earth” vision and adventures with ants
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climate change
Untangling the Problem of Ocean Plastic
Mary Crowley captains the search for discarded fishing nets
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activism
How to Keep Your Christmas Tree out of the Landfill
Upcycle it into an ecofriendly ghost of Christmas past
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holidays
From Girl Who Loved Math to Solar Roboticist
The key to making solar that lasts is to treat it like infrastructure
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clean energy
The Most Important Environmental Stories of 2019
Here are the issues that shaped the past year—and will ripple out in 2020
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climate change
The World According to David Yarrow
The fine-art photographer turns a transcendent lens toward the wild
David Yarrow Makes Fine Art out of Wild Nature
A polar bear in Svalbard, Norway, leaves only footprints
Who You Gonna Call? Algae-Bloom Busters
A sewer plant in Utah is fighting algae with algae
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technology
