Ohio Needs Better Building Codes
June 13, 2018
Sierra Club and our allies, including the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, are calling on Ohio to bring its residential building codes up to 2018 standards. Ohioans deserve homes that are safe, healthy and energy efficient!
No Bobcat Trapping This Year!
June 13, 2018
VICTORY: The Wildlife Council voted not to allow bobcat trapping in Ohio!
Ohio Chapter Staff Departures
June 12, 2018
Things are moving and shaking at the Ohio Chapter Sierra Club!
Help Ohio Become More Energy Efficient & Save Residents Money
May 17, 2018
Contact the Ohio Board of Building Standards today, and ask regulators to reduce statewide carbon emissions and lower home energy bills by adopting new residential building codes in 2018.
Earth Month Success!
May 17, 2018
The month of April is a busy time for the Clean Water Campaign here in Ohio. April, dubbed “Earth Month,” includes a myriad of events ranging from waterway cleanups to rain barrel workshops, and more! For the past several years the partnership...
Take action: Tell Ohio EPA No New Fracking Pipeline!
May 8, 2018
Ohio has seen no shortage of pipeline spills and other accidents associated with fracking, yet the industry keeps trying to expand. We need your help today to stop Shell's proposed new fracked gas liquids pipeline in eastern Ohio and to keep dirty...
Working Towards Living a Plastic-Free Life
May 7, 2018
Have you noticed that plastic is everywhere? Restaurants, grocery stores, parks, and rivers. It is hard to get away from plastic, if not impossible. It takes a lot of planning and even outright refusal to not consume plastic.
Stop the Wayne National Forest “Sunny Oaks” Logging, Burning, Herbicide and road building project
April 25, 2018
The Wayne National Forest is proposing a multi-year project to log, prescribe burn and add more roads in the Ironton Unit. The Sunny Oaks project will be a multi-year project lasting up to 20 years. The proposal is to log 2835 acres...
High School Students Visit the Statehouse!
April 25, 2018
St. Francis DeSales high school students visit the Statehouse about plastic pollution.
2018 Rain Barrel Workshops
March 30, 2018
Spring showers bring summer flowers, but they also contribute to stormwater pollution which is the leading threat to the health of our waterways. There is a way you can collect the rain, reduce stormwater pollution, save on water bills, and provide...