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By Eunice L. Alexander, Ready for 100 Chester County volunteer, Southeastern PA Group There are many ways we can reduce our energy consumption and save money every year, as well as enhance road safety, prevent avoidable wear on our vehicles and...

Reviewing books like Janisse Ray’s “Ecology of a Cracker Childhood,” (Milkweed Editions, 1999) is a privilege. I have been teaching memoir writing for many years, and this is one of those books that has made my love of this form grow stronger. Ms....

The Sierra Club joins family and friends following the passing of Dennis R. Winters on January 8, 2021, at the age of 77, in honoring his life and contributions. A lifetime member of the Sierra Club, Dennis was an active, dedicated volunteer who...

Sierra Cub is hiring an Outdoors For All Organizer to work with volunteers and staff in the Philadelphia area to reduce barriers to outdoor access, ensure all people have opportunities to explore and enjoy nature, and empower a new generation of...

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...

Today, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Voted 4-0 to Make Fracking Moratorium Permanent in the Delaware River Basin, a historic VICTORY!

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...

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...

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 (...

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...