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DEC Announces Winners of 14th Annual Environmental Excellence Awards
State Recognizes New York Organizations and Municipalities as Innovation and Sustainability Leaders New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recently recognized seven organizations for their state-of-the-art…
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Create a Regenerative Agriculture Movement
The most important, although as of yet little known, new paradigm shift and set of practices in the world today is regenerative agriculture, or rather regenerative food, farming and…
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Close to 400K Gallons of Oil Spill In Gulf of Mexico
Last week, a pipe owned by offshore oil and gas operator LLOG Exploration Company, LLC spilled up to 393,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, reminding many…
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November 2017 Sustainability Series Video: Superscrapers Steal Sun and Sky
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CO2 Levels Increased at Record Pace for Second Year
Carbon dioxide levels measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Baseline Atmospheric Observatory rose by 3 parts per million to 405.1 parts per million (ppm) in 2016, an increase that matched…
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Superstorm Sandy Five Year Commemoration
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 SUPERSTORM SANDY FIVE YEAR COMMEMORATION: More than 100 environmental, union, community and cultural organizations will gather, rally and march. Communities across the city will remember, resist, and…
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Chelsea Film Festival – Climate Change Day – October 22nd
Chelsea Film Festival has offered 100 free passes to Sierra Club for the Climate Change Day program — next Sunday. We hope lots of Sierra Club people…
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SC Member Testifies on Dangers of Pesticides/Herbicides
Sierra Club Member Testifies on Dangers of Pesticides/Herbicides in Letter Below: September 26, 2017 To the members of New York City Council’s Committee on Health: I would like to express my thanks…
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Take Action: Sign Divest From Fossil Fuels Petition Now
Open Letter to New York Comptrollers DiNapoli and Stringer: We want you to do more for our climate future. It’s time to divest New York’s pension funds from fossil fuels….
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Alert: Diller Island is not to be
Hello Sierrans, Yes, the Diller Island fiasco had to go—2.7 acres of performance spaces on the hurricane-prone Hudson River would have been an environmental disaster. But — what about the other 490…
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