By Gretchen Waddell Barwick Imagine: you are on a hike with your friends. During the hike, someone falls and breaks their leg-- what do you do? Thanks to our Eileen McManus, the Thomas Hart Benton Group Outings Chair and Tom Burroughs of Ozark...

LED Switch Could Save Resources, Lives By Anne McGregorI live in an 18-unit condominium with a lighted parking lot. This parking lot is lit by four, 260-watt wall-mounted metal halide light fixtures that run from dusk to dawn.  ...

Beyond Coal: Making Progress in IndependenceBy Winston AppleIn May of 2014 petitions were signed by members and supporters of The Sierra Club in Independence, Missouri in support of renewable energy. Two months later, City Council member...

1000 New EV Charging Stations coming to KCIn January, KCP&L announced plans to build a large network of charging stations for electric vehicles in the region. This “Clean Charge Network” is slated for completion this summer, and will support...

Downtown KC: Pollution Raises Asthma Rates By Sara Campbell March is asthma awareness month. 82,000 adults and 31,000 children in the Kansas City Metro Region are living with asthma and I am one of them. I, my sister and both of our...

Outings Leader Training drew Sierra Club members across state lines for leadership training By Tom Tortorich What does it take to become an outings leader with the Sierra Club? That’s what the Outings Leadership Training (OLT) courses teach....

We support the Grain Belt Express, a proposed new wind-energy transmission line that would double the amount of wind energy Missouri generates. Click title to read more.

Independence Power and Light phases out coal, shifts to natural gas, improves efficiency, and considers adding solar. Click title to read more.

This year, we tried something different for our fundraiser. It was a lot of fun! Click on the title to read more.

Local forum heightens awareness of dangerous, toxic levels of air pollution in downtown KC due to a coal-fired power plant. Click on title to read more.