Press Releases

Twin Pine Minerals, LLC, reportedly does not have a lease for a portion of the 900 acres the company wants to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp, though it has already applied for the permit needed to mine on that land.

While the state remains in the midst of a major unemployment crisis and COVID-19 cases continue to rise, this is unacceptable.

Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune and Jessica Morehead, Chapter Director of the Sierra Club Georgia Chapter, released the following statement in response to the murder of Rayshard Brooks.

The Sierra Club Georgia Chapter has added its name to a growing list of organizations who support immediate passage of anti-Hate Crime legislation, HB 426, in the Georgia Legislature.

Solarize Decatur-DeKalb, a campaign that brings area residents together to save money on new solar panels and other clean energy technologies by buying in bulk, is returning in 2020. The campaign kicks off this week with a free webinar at 11 a.m....

The comment period for the public to weigh in on a proposed mining operation near the Okefenokee Swamp has been extended more than six weeks to May 28.

Jessica Morehead has been named director of the Sierra Club Georgia Chapter after serving as its interim director since July.

Georgia families and business will pay more on their monthly electric bills, and have less control of their energy costs, after the state’s Public Service Commission today approved a rate hike request from Georgia Power.

Activists from multiple environmental and social justice organizations plan to rally outside the Public Service Commission’s office at 4 p.m. Monday, September 30, to protest and raise awareness about Georgia Power’s proposed rate hikes on Georgians.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released comment letters from the EPA and the Georgia EPD regarding the Twin Pines mining proposal outside the Okefenokee. Both agencies are critical of the project.