Sierra Club Florida Condemns Ron DeSantis’ Environmental Failures This Past Session
July 10, 2023
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a number of dangerous and extreme bills that took effect on July 1. Among these was HB1191, “Use of Phosphogypsum,” which paves the way for the use of toxic and radioactive...
Sierra Club Florida Stands with NAACP, LULAC, the Human Rights Campaign, the Florida Immigrant Coalition, and Equality Florida
May 26, 2023
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Sierra Club Florida stands in support of the NAACP, LULAC, the Human Rights Campaign, the Florida Immigrant Coalition, and Equality Florida. Under DeSantis, the state is harming all Floridians, especially those of us who are...
Environmental Leaders Condemn Ron DeSantis’ Leadership as Governor
May 24, 2023
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Today, Sierra Club Florida condemned the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis, who has continuously failed Florida’s environment, residents, economy, and democracy throughout his tenure as Governor. Just six months into his...
Sierra Club Florida Releases 2023 Legislative Scorecard
May 23, 2023
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Today, Sierra Club Florida released its Florida Legislative Scorecard for 2023. The annual scorecard is designed to provide a snapshot of Sierra Club Florida’s priority bills this past session, and the legislators who either...
Ron DeSantis Abandons the Free Market with Signing of HB3
May 2, 2023
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, in direct contradiction with the free-market principles he espouses, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law HB3, “Government and Corporate Activism”, legislation that gives the government sweeping authority into Florida’s...
Sierra Club Florida Condemns HB3/SB302 and the Florida Legislature’s Attacks on ESG
March 29, 2023
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Today, Sierra Club Florida sent a letter to Senate President Kathleen Passidomo expressing the organization’s opposition to House Bill 3 on Government and Corporate Activism and its companion bill SB302. Targeting environmental,...
VICTORY: FDEP must rewrite Outstanding Florida Springs Basin Management Action Plans
February 19, 2023
Tallahassee, FL—On Wednesday, February 15, 2023, a three-judge panel of the Florida 1st District Court of Appeals reversed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), ruling that FDEP violated Florida law by not allocating the...
Florida Chapter Announces 2022 Award Winners
February 19, 2023
(Presented in 2023)
Shanell Davis-Bryant - Cypress Award - Northeast Group
The Cypress Award is given to an individual who has contributed greatly to the public’s environmental awareness in his/her locale or Florida as a whole...
Stop The Burn-Go Green Campaign Calls Out the Complicit (Volumes 1 - 6)
December 6, 2022
In the months following the historic, We Deserve Better Rally in front of Florida Crystals Corporate Headquarters, the Stop The Burn-Go Green Campaign has continued to hold Big Sugar and all their complicit agents accountable for the...
Sierra Club to Everglades Restoration Task Force: Make the Western Everglades a Top Priority
October 21, 2022
On Wed, Oct 19, 2022, at the South Florida Ecosystem (Everglades) Restoration Task Force meeting, Sierra Club provided these comments regarding the critical need to prioritize the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP).