Please help by urging your HR rep to protect bees and other important pollinators by supporting H.R. 2692, the Save America’s Pollinators Act. Phone calls are more effective than emails! Read more…
The recently passed SB 310 freezes the clean energy and conservation standards for two years and calls for a commission to study the necessity for these standards. In order to make legislators accountable for voting for this terrible bill, the NEO Sierra Club is distributing a flier in each district where legislators voted for SB 310 explaining who voted for SB 310 and what that vote means for clean air, water, and a livable planet. Read more…
The Geauga County Park District added new bylaws with a poorly thought-out list of activities, including ATV use, logging and oil and gas drilling. We are asking for those interested in conservation to show clear support for the parks’ mission to Preserve, Conserve and Protect. Read more…
In response to a landmark Climate Summit Sept. 23 in NYC, over 700 groups and businesses representing Environmental, Human Rights, Labor, Faith are holding the People’s Climate March on September 21st. The Sierra Club invites you to join us on buses to the March from Ohio. Read more…
Learn about the environmental and social impacts of mining in the countries of Colombia and Ecuador. Also, photograph and drawing exhibit at Baldwin Wallace. Read more…
On the evening of Monday, May 12th, an intense storm dropped more than two inches of rain in North Olmsted, Ohio on ground which was already saturated from previous rainfall. Flooding affected many of the city’s homes, businesses, parking lots and streets, and local news outlets featured photos of partially submerged cars and pick-up trucks at Great Northern Shopping Mall the next day. The Rocky River Valley was flooded badly, too. If you are interested in more ways to get involved through hands-on training or volunteering, opportunities are available through the Ohio Chapter’s Clean Water Campaign page. Read more…
Northeast Ohio Sierra Club is organizing something exciting and new… The Meat-Free Monday Campaign!! Read more…
On June 13, Ohio became the only state in the nation to roll back a clean energy law. The majority in the Ohio House and Senate and Gov. Kasich stood with big utility lobbyists over Ohio citizens when they signed into law Senate Bill 310. Read more…
In order to defend the well-being of economy, environment, and the people of our state, Ohioans need to stand up and protect SB 221. Read more…
Ohio EPA’s Section 401 water quality certification allows the Corps of Engineers to dredge up to 225,000 cubic yards of material and deposit it in the designated confined disposal facilities, as it has done since the early 1970s. No dredging material can be placed in the open lake. Read more…