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Taunja Beck is sick and tired of being sick and tired. Sometimes her bucolic Lancaster County is the community she grew up in--farmlands of rolling fields dotted with farmhouses and homes. But sometimes, when large patchworks of farmland are spread...

The latest scientific reports convey an unprecedented sense of urgency to act on climate change. Last year, the United States Global Change Research Program released the Fourth National Climate Assessment stating that the climate crisis is no longer...

The State of Utah is filled with beautiful, red-rock wilderness that a group called Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) in partnership with Sierra Club has been working to protect for many years.

Although many are aware of the existential threat that climate change presents, there are numerous other life threatening environmental problems we face. The use of plastics, particularly single use plastics, presents to us and the life around us...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...