Sierra Club Florida News

The backbone of water quality protection in Florida over the past 13 years has been the ability for local governments to regulate sources of pollution in their own backyards. A new coalition of turf and agrichemical industries threatens the state's...

Over 70 environmental organizations gathered at the State Capitol for Rise Above Plastics Day, which is dedicated to raising awareness of plastic pollution and ending state interference in local efforts to reduce single-use plastics.

Sierra Club encourages the implementation of conservation policies that protect threatened wildlife and sensitive habitat and improve the long-term health of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

A public hearing is planned on a proposed industrial ocean fish farm permit in Sarasota. The outcome of this permit decision could set a dangerous precedent for our state and country that would pave the way for more fish farms off our coasts and in...

Sierra Club issued a response to the announcement that Florida will purchase 20,000 acres in Broward County from Kanter Real Estate.

Today Sierra Club Florida released its Governor's Report Card for 2019 at a press conference at the Florida Capitol Rotunda. Overall, the governor received a "D" for his efforts.

The annual holiday boat parade is a celebration of the restoration of the Lower Hillsborough River's tidal estuary.

The needs of the valuable ecosystems of North Florida, our springs, rivers, lakes, wetlands, prairies and forests habitat have all been severely shortchanged and must be addressed.

Using "naturally occurring" to describe Red Tide creates a false narrative that takes attention away from the need to manage and address the human-caused factors that fuel karenia brevis blooms.

Sugar growers around Belle Glade protested today in front of a Florida Forestry Division Work Center, with smoke and ash plumes along the horizon in every direction.