Announcing the 24th Annual Huplits Wildlife Grant Competition
March 1, 2021
The Allegheny Group Sierra Club’s Huplits Wildlife Grants Committee is seeking grant proposals to help protect animal wildlife and wildlife habitat in Pennsylvania. Approximately $75,000 will be available for the 2021 Huplits Wildlife Grant...
Fracking Outlawed by Delaware River Basin Commission
February 25, 2021
Today, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Voted 4-0 to Make Fracking Moratorium Permanent in the Delaware River Basin, a historic VICTORY!
December 2020 Legislative Update
January 4, 2021
As the year winds down, most of us look back at what has passed and turn an eye to the possibilities of next year. I intend to do the same here. The last few weeks of the legislative session in Harrisburg were, to say the least, busy. Most folks...
Timefulness: Scientific and Inspirational--the best kind of book on the environment
January 4, 2021
This wonderfully written book tells the history of our planet as geologists have discovered what that history is. Time is one of the discoveries geologists made. The age of this planet and having divided the history into a geologic time scale, the...
A Win For Outdoor Accessibility In The Delaware Watershed!
December 9, 2020
The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Middle Delaware Scenic and Recreational River recently announced plans to make the park experience more inclusive and welcoming for all visitors through its final 2020 Visitor Use Management Plan (...
Waters of the Lehigh Valley
December 3, 2020
There are cold, clear streams running through rural, pristine forests in the Lehigh Valley that contain such toxic levels of heavy metals that fish and other aquatic organisms cannot survive in them. In past coal mining days, pipes to ‘dewater’ the...
The Challenge of Climate Change is America’s Opportunity to Prove it is Great
December 3, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden is on his way to the White House and with him, he brings a decisively different approach towards the crisis of the environment than his predecessor, Donald Trump. This change of leadership provides an opportunity for the...
"Where's Rodney?" Inspires Kids to Get Outdoors
December 2, 2020
The Sierra Club’s Lancaster Group is in the process of purchasing and distributing the children’s book Where’s Rodney? by Carmen Bogan to as many public elementary school libraries in Lancaster County as it can. This beautiful book, illustrated by...
Why I Eat A Plant-based Diet
December 1, 2020
Up to 75 percent of people in the U.S. call themselves environmentalists, but what does that mean? What level of commitment and/or what level of action does it take to make this a meaningful statement? We can take many actions like recycling,...
Reflections on World Vegan Day
December 1, 2020
A vegan or plant-based lifestyle, when practiced prudently, is more environmentally sustainable than current Western consumption norms. We argue that going vegan is an imperative step for humanity to dramatically lessen its carbon footprint.