Blog posts from around the country
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I get lots of on-line petitions in my inbox, and agree with many of them, but staff in the offices of our elected representatives consistently tell us that personal letters always carry the most weight. To make this easy for myself, I have…
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The Florida Springs Council, Florida Waterkeepers and Sierra Club have asked Sen. Mayfield to "fix" SB 712, but rather than improve the bill and make it more protective of water quality, it was further weakened with the full approval and…
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First of all, please join me in thanking Veronica Coptis for her dedication to the chapter leadership over the last X years. And of course we owe a huge thanks to Joanne Kilgour, former Chapter Director, for being the face of the chapter in…
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by Ben Block, PennFutureEdited by Rachel Rosenfeld, Community Outreach Coordinator, Pennsylvania Chapter
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House Bill 1100 (huge tax credit to subsidize the development of the petrochemical industry)
After passing the House last September, this bill had been idling in the Senate Appropriations Committee until late January. On February 3rd ,it was amended…
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Since I started working with the Sierra Club on my birthday in 2012, I’ve gotten to know many Chapter volunteer leaders and local activists as the Campaign Representative for Beyond Coal. Together we have helped accelerate the retirement of well…
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Kim is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy, an all-volunteer organization, and one of many such conservancies around the country. She has also been a member of the Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club for nearly 30 years and is helping to…
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This overview focuses on risks and impacts to human uses of water, and only marginally addresses problems for aquatic species, biodiversity, and ecological systems. It does not address all the components of concern in our water. By knowing some of…
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I have been putting my body on the line for over 30 years now, starting with a protest involving three others at the first such anti-nuke activity at Oak Ridge National Laboratories near Knoxville, TN, on August 6,1988. I've since been arrested at…