Canvass with us for transit funding! 🚆🚍 Thursday, Sept. 25th at Union Station (sign up: act.sierraclub.org/events/detai... ) and Friday, Sept. 26 at Ogilvie (sign up: act.sierraclub.org/events/detai... ). Our transportation team will be be talking to commuters from 4-6:30 p.m. both days.

TUESDAY: A virtual panel about how wind and solar energy gets built (or doesn't) in Illinois. Sign up for free to get the link:

We’re almost to 3,400 signatures!! Only 48 hours left to spread the word!

A big thank you to Tanya for representing the Sierra Club at the Park(ing) Day event. Your dedication and hard work help us promote sustainability and green spaces in our community! #SierraClub #ParkingDay #Sustainability #GreenSpaces #Community

Make your voice heard on the Hazel M. Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance! 3 Ways to Comment: In-person: Sept. 25, City Hall (Arrive by 9:30 AM) Written: Email [email protected] (Submit 8–9 AM, Sept. 25) Virtual: Call (312) 744-6800, Sept. 22–24 #EnvironmentalJustice #Chicago

Swimmers returned to the Chicago River for the 1st time in a century on Sunday, marking the waterway’s dramatic transformation. blockclubchi.co/46z2zAu

Wonderful morning at the West Loop Green City Market, starting with a Mary Bartelme Park Advisory Council Family Fun Day and closing with a great conversation with the @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social 34th Ward City Council Action team! ☀️

ADUs citywide are up for a council vote THIS WEEK. Sign the petition to support Ald. Lawson's ordinance, which will help everybody create more naturally affordable housing:

Tonight: Join our sister chapter Woods and Wetlands for a virtual lecture about the largest freshwater marsh in the U.S. act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...

We had a great day cleaning up Montrose Beach! Still waiting on the final total, but we picked up several dozen pounds of trash 💪

If you love goldenrod and prairies, now is the time to visit Northerly Island, the western path is open

State Lobby Day is Wednesday, Oct. 15. Join us in Springfield to push our legislators for the transit system we deserve, plus lots more. Sign up here for more information (we'll train ya!) and then request your PTO!

Park(ing) Day is today!! Come hang with us in some car-free parking spaces 😌

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We met with 43rd Ward Alderman Timmy Knudsen, who expressed strong support for Accessory Dwelling Units, reestablishing the Department of Environment, & advancing the Cumulative Impact Ordinance. Thank you Timmy! #CityCouncilActionTeam #SierraClub #Sustainability #GreenChicago #Ward43

Great to meet with Ald. Robinson (4th) this week! Thanks for fighting for more housing in Chicago (good for the environment and the city's budget!) and hearing about our other issues!

The Chicago River Swim is an open water swim event organized by Douglas McConnell, the co-founder of A Long River Swim, which organizes open water swimming events to raise awareness and funds in the fight against ALS.

🌳 Join the Greater Chatham Initiative for a day of action to green our community and protect our homes and waterways! Volunteers will come together to plant 400 new trees and disconnect downspouts to help reduce flooding and improve local water quality. All are welcome!

The Trump administration wants to revoke the "Roadless Area Conservation Rule," an extremely popular 2001 policy that protects the wildest parts of our national forests. Help protect wildlife, water, and climate by keeping our forests development-free: act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...

THIS SATURDAY: Come clean up Montrose Beach with us!

I love my CCAT 💚 New housing in Chicago is climate action!

I love my CCAT!! Absolutely cannot wait for La Spata's next Meet Me on Milwaukee!!

Thanks to Ald. La Spata for talking with CCAT! 🚴‍♂️ He’s championing CIO, ADUs, stronger enforcement for the Dept. of Environment, and proposing energy policy changes to tax high-use consumers like data centers. 💡 #SustainableChicago #CyclingForChange #EnergyEfficiency

Big thanks to Alderman Lamont Robinson for supporting our slate and recognizing that more housing benefits Chicago’s future, the environment, and the city’s budget! #HousingJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #ChicagoForAll #SustainableCity #TakeAction

THIS SATURDAY: Come clean up Montrose Beach with us!

Show up. Speak up. Stay connected. · Tuesday, September 16 - Imani Village (901 E. 95th St.) · Thursday, September 18 - Truman College (1145 W. Wilson Ave.) · Thursday, September 25 - Malcolm X College (1900 W. Jackson Blvd.)

📍 Join us this Saturday at Truman College for a State of Transit Town Hall. 🗣️ Speak out against service cuts and discover what’s ahead for our transit system. 🔗 Register now to be part of the conversation. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our friends at @betterstreetschicago.org are still canvassing the suburbs to talk about transit! Come out to the Aurora farmers market on Saturday: www.mobilize.us/betterstreet...

Canvass with us for transit funding! 🚆🚍 Thursday, Sept. 18 at Union Station and Friday, Sept. 19 at Ogilvie. Our transportation team will be be talking to commuters from 4-6:30 p.m. both days. DM for more details!

US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals. There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles grist.org/science/us-m... #EV #Climate #Science #Mines #Batteries #Lithium

For nearly 25 years, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has protected over 58 million acres of national forestland from new road construction, reconstruction, and most timber harvesting. The Trump administration wants to rescind it. Give public comment by Friday:

🚨Action Alert🚨 The City and developers are trying to ram through a stadium deal for 'The 78' WITHOUT the promised transit improvements! This is unacceptable, and we need you to take action with us. Join us tomorrow morning at City Hall for the 10am Plan Commission meeting to raise your voice!

Two more chances to share your thoughts with the CTA about its FY2026 budget: www.transitchicago.com/cta-to-host-...

Canvass with us for transit funding! 🚆🚍 Thursday, Sept. 18 at Union Station and Friday, Sept. 19 at Ogilvie. Our transportation team will be be talking to commuters from 4-6:30 p.m. both days. DM for more details!

transportation team meets tomorrow! our meeting will be virtual due to an office closure - which means it's extra easy to join for the first time!

An immigration agent shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses. https://bit.ly/3IbeDjf

Big thanks to Alder @ward33chicago.bsky.social for being one of our champions in the fight for environmental justice and equity! Our 33rd Ward team had a great meeting discussing the Hazel M. Johnson Cumulative Impact Ordinance, ADUs, and more power for the Dept. of Environment 💪

Polluting companies should be required to tell us the whole truth about their health impacts before we decide whether they can set up shop in Chicago neighborhoods. Sign the petition here:

transportation team meets tomorrow! our meeting will be virtual due to an office closure - which means it's extra easy to join for the first time!

The Vision Zero (traffic safety) equitable enforcement working group recommends are out! Full report at static1.squarespace.com/static/5d92b... @aldermanlaspata.bsky.social @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social

WE SMASHED OUR GOAL OF 3,000 SIGNATURES! 😍 Guess we gotta aim for 3,500 instead! 😏

Welcome to the team, @abundanthousingil.bsky.social! 🤝

Park No. 571 occupies a site on the Chicago River that once housed a Peoples Gas plant. With Peoples Gas set to remediate its last parcel along the river, the park could be in line for a dramatic expansion. via Mack Liederman / @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/16/b...

Join our campaign call today (9/16) at 7 p.m. ET! RSVP: www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/monthly_camp...

Rise up for a powered on Sun Day! Join us: bit.ly/SunDaySolarF... Bill McKibben “Americans have long thought of solar/wind as alt. energy, ‘the Whole Foods of energy—nice but pricey.’ Now, think of it as the Costco of energy: cheap, on the shelf, & available in bulk, ready to go.” #sundaysolarfest

psst have you signed up to clean up Montrose Beach with us next weekend

Annual shareholder meeting season might be over, but our push on major investors is only just beginning. Join us in calling on major investors like public pensions to use their shareholder power to demand corporate climate action. bit.ly/4gqDxYQ

Op-ed from Ellen Steinke: Residents of Downers Grove, Lemont, and Willow Springs deserve to know why Sen. John Curran opposed legislation to keep their trains running, while accepting the largest donations of his career from road construction interests.

The Clean Transportation Team meets Wednesday. Join us at the office downtown or virtually to talk state funding for transit, Vision Zero and more: