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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...

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...

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,...

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.

Welcome to the online-only edition of the Sylvanian, our long-running Chapter Newsletter!

A neglected, unreported, and unenforced environmental issue in Pennsylvania is noise. Noise is a form of air pollution that affects our quality of life, health, productivity, and general welfare. Noise also affects wildlife – from mating birds to...

HARRISBURG, PA -- Responding to robust public input, the National Park Service announced plans to make the park experience more inclusive and welcoming for all visitors through its final visitor use management plan for Delaware Water Gap National...

HARRISBURG, PA -- Last night, the Pennsylvania House passed SB 845, a bill that would impose an annual registration fee of $175 for drivers of electric vehicles and $75 for drivers of hybrid vehicles, a strong disincentive that cancels out the...

As the second-largest fracked gas producing state in the U.S., Pennsylvania has an obligation to adopt the strictest possible rule to reduce harmful methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure.

The recent spill of roughly 10,000 gallons of pipeline drilling fluid into Marsh Creek State Park in August and the subsequent contamination it caused of the park’s popular lake — a potential threat to drinking water for Chester County residents —...