2022 Chapter Executive Committee Election
October 14, 2021
It's that time of the year again! The Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter is made up of over 100,000 members and supporters, all supported by by a group of volunteer leaders on the Chapter's Executive Committee. These leaders come from all over the...
Fall 2021: Sylvanian Newsletter
October 5, 2021
Welcome to the online-only edition of the Sylvanian, our long-running Chapter Newsletter! Read the newsletter here.
Fall 2021 Legislative Update
September 25, 2021
It’s been a fairly quiet summer with the legislature in recess but they are returning next week. The House will actually be returning a week early (9/20) to try and find a way to overturn the Governor’s masks in schools mandate. The legislature will...
Philly's Plastic Bag Ban
September 25, 2021
Philadelphia’s single-use plastic bag ban is on its way to being enforced. The bill, said to have gone into effect in July 2021, will currently not be enforced until April 2022. Wanting to push for reusable bags and minimize the devastation single-...
Forever Chemicals in our Water, Food, and Cosmetics
September 24, 2021
It should not be scary to use tap water to make your morning coffee – or to microwave a bag of popcorn- or to put on some makeup. Yet, we are exposed to PFAS chemicals in many of our everyday activities. PFAS are unhealthy chemicals that have been...
From Golf Course to Greenway
September 24, 2021
Green space is not easy to come by in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh, a long-term home of industry and mining, so the 150-acre Churchill Valley Greenway is regarded by many as a treasure. Originally a golf course, it was bought at sheriff’s sale...
Fracked Gas Lays Waste to Pennsylvania
September 24, 2021
Fracking and its destruction looks a lot like an ocean of harm drowning Pennsylvania. Wave after wave hits communities wherever drilling, fracking and related operations occur. The infrastructure that enables gas development brings its own damage,...
The 2021 Huplits Grants Awards
September 24, 2021
The Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club has the responsibility each year of providing grant awards from the Huplits Endowment. The Huplits Wildlife Grants Committee includes four members from the Allegheny Group and three people from outside the...
Conservation Teams Summer 2021 Webinar Series: a Recap
September 23, 2021
Well, that was fun! Our eight new conservation teams each hosted a one-hour webinar in June and July. We all learned something, including the need to make sure at least two people are Zoom-hosts in case one of the hosts loses power in a summer storm...
Meet Rebecca Deegan, Outdoors For All Organizer!
September 23, 2021
Rebecca Deegan has joined Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter as the new Outdoors for All Organizer in Philadelphia. A Philly resident for three years, Rebecca is coming to us from the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, where her work...