Plant It Forward: A Community Tree Planting and Reforestation Initiative
March 11, 2020
Plant It Forwards is a community tree planting and reforestation movement promoting urban forests and municipal ordinances. Our goal is to promote healthier urban forests with best practices to take action for climate change. Reforestation of our...
Philadelphia seeks to join the nation-wide movement towards toxic-free public spaces
March 11, 2020
Toxic Free Philly is a growing coalition of diverse stakeholders calling upon Philadelphia City Council to join over 100 US cities that are prohibiting the use of synthetic and toxic pesticides on all city-owned property. The majority of...
Safe Minimum Standards Needed to Protect Vulnerable Communities from Petrochemical Plants
March 11, 2020
By Jason Petrochko, Citizens for a Healthy Jessup, Northeastern PA Group Just days after the Pennsylvania legislature passed—with overwhelming bipartisan support—a massive tax break to lure petrochemical and fertilizer plants to the commonwealth,...
On-line Petitions
March 11, 2020
I get lots of on-line petitions in my inbox, and agree with many of them, but staff in the offices of our elected representatives consistently tell us that personal letters always carry the most weight. To make this easy for myself, I have...
Introducing Jim Wylie, PA Chapter Chair
March 10, 2020
First of all, please join me in thanking Veronica Coptis for her dedication to the chapter leadership over the last X years. And of course we owe a huge thanks to Joanne Kilgour, former Chapter Director, for being the face of the chapter in...
Our Pocono Waters Coalition Leads Monroe County Officials on Stream Education Tour
March 10, 2020
by Ben Block, PennFutureEdited by Rachel Rosenfeld, Community Outreach Coordinator, Pennsylvania Chapter Monroe County state and county elected officials and their staff gathered on a cold January morning for an educational tour of several...
Legislative Update
March 10, 2020
House Bill 1100 (huge tax credit to subsidize the development of the petrochemical industry)
After passing the House last September, this bill had been idling in the Senate Appropriations Committee until late January. On February 3rd ,it was...
Familiar Face, New Role
March 10, 2020
Since I started working with the Sierra Club on my birthday in 2012, I’ve gotten to know many Chapter volunteer leaders and local activists as the Campaign Representative for Beyond Coal. Together we have helped accelerate the retirement of well...
Conserving a Cave
March 10, 2020
Kim is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy, an all-volunteer organization, and one of many such conservancies around the country. She has also been a member of the Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club for nearly 30 years and is helping to...
Conservation of Water Quality and Watershed Health: Drinking Water
March 10, 2020
This overview focuses on risks and impacts to human uses of water, and only marginally addresses problems for aquatic species, biodiversity, and ecological systems. It does not address all the components of concern in our water. By knowing some of...