Life is full of choices but there are always tradeoffs. Green choices are even harder. Yet, there is a little known program knows as the PECO Smart Energy Program that lets you save 7% on your electricity bill and still go green.

By Pat Beaudet On September 29, 2018, thirty Sierra Club members and friends set off from the Walnut Street dock in Philadelphia for a one-hour tour of the 8-mile stretch of the Schuylkill River, from the Fairmount Dam to the Delaware River...

The Sierra Club Southeastern PA Group (SPG) Executive Committee consists of 11 members, each serving 2 year terms. 5 seats are expiring at the end of 2018. You can find info about the current ExCom members on the About Us  page. Review the...

The City of Philadelphia recently published a strategic transportation plan. It’s called Connect. Upon reviewing it , we found that it did not address decreasing the use of private vehicles, especially those with internal combustion engines.

By Ken Hemphill In her book "The Shock Doctrine," Naomi Klein describes how governments and large corporations have made frequent use of what she calls “disaster capitalism” in which weather catastrophes and economic dislocations are exploited to...

By Meenal Raval Today I visited the home of Ed & Priscilla in Hatfield PA. As part of the national solar home tour, they showcased their brick ranch home built in 1960, modernized with solar hot water, solar electric, an electric car in the...

Written by Karen Melton For a number of years Pennsylvania Sierra Club has had the opportunity to award grants for projects around the state related to protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat. Funding comes from the Huplits Foundation, and strong...

Written by Karen Melton Despite steady opposition for two and half years, SEPTA has refused to back down from its plan to build a gas-fired power plant in the heavily populated, predominantly African American neighborhood of Nicetown, a community...

Why Earth Day still matters Apr 22, 2018 Author: Tom Politeo, updates by Jim Wylie - spoken by Jim at the Indivisble/Chester County Earth Day picnic Is Earth Day still relevant? This is the 48th anniversary of Earth Day. Is it still...

Renewable Energy Lobby Day – June 12 On Tuesday, June 12, activists from across the state will join together at the state capitol building in Harrisburg to voice our support for House Bill 2132 which calls for the state of Pennsylvania to set a...