July 2022: the Sylvanian
July 9, 2022
Welcome to the online-only Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, the Sylvanian!
Job Posting: PA Chapter Director
July 9, 2022
Announcing the posting of Chapter Director for the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club.
Hemp – All This and It Does Windows Too!
July 1, 2022
In June the Sierra Club of Pennsylvania’s Food & Agriculture Team hosted a webinar by Judy Wicks from All Together Now PA talking about Localization and Hemp: Strategies for the Climate Crises.
Judy shared a lot of good info about the...
June 2022: the Sylvanian
June 1, 2022
Welcome to the online-only Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, the Sylvanian!
Incineration: Trashing the Air
May 30, 2022
The northeast corridor of the U.S. has the biggest concentration of trash incinerators in the country with the Covanta plant in Chester, PA being both the largest and the one with the fewest pollution controls, according to Mike Ewall, Director of...
Celebrate Juneteenth!
May 30, 2022
In 2019, Pennsylvania established Juneteenth, the day marking the legal end of enslavement of Black people, as a state holiday. It is a day to celebrate and remember one of our difficult national histories that both honors evolution and rejects...
Introducing Judy Wicks - Localization and Hemp
May 21, 2022
Judy Wicks, founder of All Together Now PA, prepared a short video to promote the webinar planned for June 23 - Localization and Hemp: Strategies for Addressing the Climate Crises.
Producing Reports Is The First Step To Plug Pennsylvania’s Wells To Address Environmental, Health, and Safety Concerns
May 18, 2022
Contact: Morgan Caplan, (443) 986-1221 or Morgan.Caplan@sierraclub.org
Harrisburg, PA - Six months after two rulemaking petitions to raise oil and gas bonds were voted through by the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board, petitioners...
A Time of Transition
May 9, 2022
Dear Members and Friends of the Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter,
The Pennsylvania Chapter is entering a time of change and transition. Our team must share that Tom Torres is no longer serving as Director of the Pennsylvania Chapter as of April...
Exploiting the Crisis in Ukraine
May 7, 2022
Every day we get more news of the horrific conditions suffered by civilians in Ukraine, and the atrocities being committed by Putin’s military. We applaud the folks who are doing everything they can to help, and support all possible sanctions by the...