Sierra Club Slams Flawed PA Commonwealth Court Ruling Against RGGI
November 1, 2023
HARRISBURG -- Today, in a divided decision, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled against the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and preventing the Department of Environmental Protection from enforcing the rule.
A Profile of the Kittatinny Group
October 28, 2023
The Kittatinny Group includes two counties in Eastern Pennsylvania: Berks and Schuylkill. These counties were originally part of the Governor Pinchot Group (GVP) formed in 1971, which was based in Berks County. Earth Day 1970 was the inspiration to...
Meet Cinthia Ibarra!
October 28, 2023
Sending a warm hello to all Sierra Club staff, volunteers, and community members! My name is Cinthia Ibarra (she/her), and I am thrilled to join the Pennsylvania Sierra Club team as a Philadelphia Climate Works (PCW) Organizer.
Smoke Knows No Borders
October 28, 2023
The Canadian Wildfires produced an onslaught of toxic smoke throughout the United States. Canada had health directives and information that included N-95 and respirator masks, but the U.S. appears to have no masking safety directives for our...
Figuring Out Hydrogen Hubs
October 28, 2023
If you think the natural world is precious, if you think a stable climate is worth more than shareholder profits, it’s usually pretty clear which energy projects to support or oppose. If it involves digging up, drilling, transporting, liquifying or...
October 2023: the Sylvanian
October 1, 2023
Welcome to the online-only Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, the Sylvanian! Please read our October 2023 issue!
Introducing Nate Reagle!
September 24, 2023
Meet our new Clean Energy Program Advocate, Nate Reagle!
A Community Fights Back Against a New LNG Plant
September 24, 2023
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) makes me think of this quote by Michael Pollan in his book The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World. “Growing corn, which from a biological perspective had always been a process of...
The Sustainability of Geothermal Energy
September 24, 2023
World Geothermal Energy Day is October 17th, and the Geodelphia team of SPG is holding a rally at Philadelphia City Hall from 4:30 to 5:30 to celebrate, educate people about geothermal energy and advocate for the inclusion of more geothermal energy...
How Much Meat?
September 24, 2023
Most Americans probably don’t consider how much meat we consume, but this is one category we can confidently say we lead the world. We eat three times what the rest of the world consumes. While some may judge this beneficial, it is both damaging to...