☀️ On Sun. Sept. 21, we're celebrating Sun Day! We're joining friends and neighbors across Pennsylvania to build a livable clean energy future! 🎉 We want everybody who supports clean energy to join us. Are you in? Find a local event near you ➡️ sc.org/SunDay

⚡🔌 Philadelphians may see higher energy bills this fall, but a recent settlement between PGW and energy advocates, like the HERE 4 Climate Justice Coalition, will lower the proposed hike, establish a public engagement process, and invest in assistance programs. #EnergyJustice Read: bit.ly/4gdGE68

Trump wants to repeal the Endangerment Finding, which states that greenhouse gases are dangerous to human health & requires EPA to protect us from that pollution. We're joining partners for a rally at Philly's Love Park on 9/9. Will you be there? 🪧 RSVP: bit.ly/BeatTheHeatSCPA

Republican cuts to clean energy investments are raising your energy bill. Cheap, reliable, clean energy lowers costs, creates jobs, and supports a safe climate. Without them, our communities will suffer.

🦅🦋🐻 Happy #NationalWildlifeDay! Today, we shine a spotlight on the urgent need to protect over 1,600 endangered and threatened species in the U.S. Join #SierraClub in advocating for the protection of these incredible species. Together, we can turn the tide for #wildlifconservation.

70+ constituents of Rep. Bresnahan, Rep. Perry & Rep. Mackenzie gathered at district offices to hold them accountable for their #BigUglyVote! They voted to slash clean energy, increase pollution, intensify extreme weather, harm community health & raise utility bills, and we're not letting that go.

📢 Extra! Extra! The September 2025 #Sylvanian is out. ⚠️ Fallout from federal staffing cuts to public lands 📷 Memories from the Annual Outing 🌳 Greening of Philly's urbanscape ✊🏽 Rally for safe, clean, and affordable energy from PGW 🗳 Become a Chapter At-Large Delegate Read more: bit.ly/4lUQjje.

🖥️ 🏭 Two AI data centers are proposed for Pennsylvania. While they've been touted for jobs and economic growth, "they bring with them increased strain on the local power grids, a need for greater power sources, increased levels of air and water pollution, and decreased peace of mind." bit.ly/4fZcT9e

📈 Electric bills continue to rise. It doesn’t have to be this way! Rates are being held hostage by the broken system at PJM. 🎤 Come on down to… "The Price is Wrong" on 8/28 to learn how PJM’s flawed process is inflating prices & discuss the action steps to demand change: bit.ly/PriceWrongWebinar

Today is the National Park Service's 109th birthday. We are celebrating the many park rangers & stewards who take care of our public lands, waters, cultural areas & historic sites. At a time when they are facing immense threats & funding cuts, it's more important than ever to show our support.

🌟 PA has the opportunity to lead on community energy, saving $$$, expanding access to reliable power, transforming abandoned lands & brownfields & bringing new clean energy online. 🔑 The PA Senate holds the key: bit.ly/PA4CommunityEnergy #CommunityEnergy #CleanEnergyPA #PASenate #RenewableEnergy

🤩 The August 2025 #Sylvanian newsletter is fresh off the press! Inside the issue: 🏞 Supporting our national parks 🚧 Trump Administration's impact on public lands 🌊Texas flash floods 🚫 Pennsylvania's ban on PFAS fire-fighting foam and much more. Read the full issue on our website at bit.ly/3ULw8ZY.

💸⚡️ Have you noticed your electricity bills going up this summer? You're not alone. We're joining our partners on Thursday (7/31) for a virtual discussion about the organization that manages our grid, potential solutions, and how you can get involved. Register: bit.ly/3UFEemM

The regional transmission organization PJM has released its 2025 capacity auction results, signaling a continuation of high energy prices for its service region. 💸 PJM has 210 GW of projects stuck in its queue, with about 95% of these being affordable, clean energy projects. More: bit.ly/3IYt3mE

🌳🥾Today is PA Park and Recreation Professionals Day. It honors the people who work tirelessly behind the scenes to provide the high-quality programs and facilities we desire and expect in our parks and public spaces. On 7/18, remember to thank your local park and rec providers. #PAParkandRecDay

Trump announced $90 billion to boost data centers that support multibillion-dollar tech companies. Data centers bring with them increased strain on the local power grids, a need for additional power sources, increased levels of air and water pollution, and decreased peace of mind: bit.ly/44ZxRQm

Tonight @ 8! We're joining @actonclimateus.bsky.social for a webinar about where the environmental movement heads next during this time of upheaval. We'll hear from U.S. Senator Brian Schatz & @markey.senate.gov, and discuss meeting this moment. #ClimateCantWait RSVP: bit.ly/BadBillWebinarSCPA

#ICYMI: The July 2025 issue of the Sylvanian just came out! Read all about: ⛰Celebrating our National Parks at Valley Forge ⛺️The Annual Outing at Hickory Run 👑 #NoKings Day of Action in photos 🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month around Pennsylvania and much more! Read the full issue at bit.ly/406PMD1.

🥵 It's HOT out! As climate heats up, people need relief. But with aging, leaking pipes, and a reliance on gas, PGW is burdening residents. PGW must transition from gas, NOT charge $$$ for an old system. Philly deserves clean air and affordable energy. psrpa.org/pgw @psrpennsylvania.bsky.social

Our individual freedoms & community protections face unprecedented attack from the current administration. This #Juneteenth, we want to honor the cost of freedom by uplifting our public lands and the stories they contain.

June marks 5 yrs since PA's 43rd Grand Jury Report on the unconventional oil & gas industry. This report found that our government failed to properly regulate fracking & protect us from harm. 🤔 5 years later, are we any better off? On 6/25, join for a progress report: protectpt.info/5-years-later

We ❤️ native pollinators, so we're celebrating #PollinatorWeek by cheering on: 🐝 Hb441 closes a conservation gap by assigning native pollinators to DCNR for protection: bit.ly/SupportHB441 🌺 Hb426 prioritizes the use of native plants around state buildings: bit.ly/SupportHB426

🌪 Be a force of nature! You're invited to a special analysis by our legislative team of the six bills that make up Governor Shapiro's Lightning Plan. ⚡ Get struck by A Flash of Lightning on June 23rd @ 6:30PM: bit.ly/CEFALightning 💥 A Clean Energy for All Webinar

📢 Let’s pass new clean energy standards for PA! Hb501 PRESS (PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard) was voted out of committee. ☎️ Now, we need YOU to call House Majority Leader ‪@repbradford.com‬ to ask that Hb501 be brought up for a vote! Find the number, script & more: bit.ly/SayYes2Press

Will we see you Saturday? In 60+ towns & cities across our state, Pennsylvanians are coming together to declare #NoKings! 📍 Find an event: sc.org/nokings

Summer may be just getting started, but #ExtremeWeatherSZN is year-round. Climate pollution is making severe weather more frequent, intense & dangerous. Without climate protections, our communities will suffer. Tell legislators to defend the EPA & funding for climate action! app.sosha.ai/s/4PmmkdBs

Last time, we unpacked CO₂. Now we zoom out: greenhouse gases. 🎙️ The Voice: Maliseni

😡 The Trump administration ordered Eddystone power plant to stay online past its retirement, making it the 2nd power plant they've ordered to continue operating under a so-called “energy emergency”. 🤯 Meanwhile, >2K clean energy projects await approval in PJM’s interconnection queue! bit.ly/3Hp1JgB

Did you 👂 the news? The June issue of the #Sylvanian newsletter is here! 🥾 Annual Outing 2025 🔌 Electric demand is up, we need renewables ⚡ PJM = culprit behind high energy bills 🏛 Citizens Climate Lobby Day ☀️ PA needs Community Energy Show me more: bit.ly/445IzEv. #SierraClubPA #SierraClub

🌈 We've got Pride! Our staff and volunteers are so excited to celebrate Pride Month with you! 👇 Share your favorite Pride fests in the comments and maybe you'll see us there! #PinkPonySierraClub #PowerfulTogether #OutdoorsForAll #Pride2025 #PrideMonth #DefendOurClimate #ClimateCantWait

🥸 Hidden away from the public eye is one of the biggest culprits behind your rising energy bills: PJM, the organization that manages our regional energy grid. 🕵️ Become a PJM sleuth! Join us 6/4 to learn who PJM is, what the problems are & how to pressure PJM to clean up its act. RSVP: sc.org/PJM101

🎉 Thank you @fetterman.senate.gov for voting to defend clean air & the rule of law. 🤔 ICYMI: The Senate unlawfully voted to repeal CA clean vehicle programs. Learn more about this assault on states' rights & clean air: bit.ly/4kgat7z

🫣 Calling all anxious introverts! Nerves keeping you away from your lawmaker's office? Consider joining Virtual Climate Action Lobby Day on June 5 to try out a lobby meeting from home, w/ experts in attendance to lead the way. ➡️ RSVP: bit.ly/VirtualLobbyDay2025 (Guess what? We're nervous too! 🫶)

Unjargoned is our weekly series breaking down environmental terms in plain language. This week’s word: carbon dioxide (CO₂) A little adds the right amount of heat. Too much? The whole pot burns. 🎙️ Voice: Maliseni Source: NASA | climate.nasa.gov

PA deserve better! Reps. Bresnahan, Fitzpatrick & Mackenzie turned their backs on our communities, casting votes to advance Trump’s budget package. We can stop this in the Senate! Tell @fetterman.senate.gov & Sen. McCormick to protect families instead of billionaires by voting NO: 844-672-5067

🔌Electric demand has some lawmakers pushing for more gas-fired power plants to "keep the lights on." Meanwhile, more major power outages are due to extreme weather, and burning CO2 worsens them. ⚡Solution: Invest in renewables and cut carbon. 📖: bit.ly/3HkFWqj 🎦: youtube.com/shorts/zhxadLN3wqs

🚨 In less than 12 hours, Congress could vote to sell off over 500,000 acres of public land. Call NOW to demand that your Representative OPPOSE the privatization and development of our national public lands! ☎️ CALL: www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative ✉️ WRITE: sc.org/LandAction

Unjargoned: Climate Crisis Not just a buzzword — it’s happening now. Plain language breakdown of what it means, why it matters, and how you can take action. 🎯 Join PA’s Virtual Citizens Climate Lobby Day on June 5. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3Zhv56M #Unjargoned #ClimateAction

🎉Happy Environmental Rights Amendment Day! 🌎 On Earth Day in 1970, PA Legislator Franklin L. Kury proposed an Environmental Rights Amendment. The proposal received unanimous approval from the PA House & Senate. Voters ratified it by a vote of ~ 4:1. Sun, May 18 is the 54th historic anniversary!

PA's Environmental Quality Board issued a draft rule that would weaken the PA Clean Streams Law by allowing industry to decide whether to report spills in our waterways. When a spill occurs, the priority should be stopping the spill and preventing harm, not catering to polluters. bit.ly/4kmd4wj

🧑‍💻 It's critical that we continue talking to elected officials about our values and the better world we want to build. Join us on 6/5 for Virtual Climate Action Lobby Day to connect directly with PA lawmakers. ➡️ RSVP: bit.ly/VirtualLobbyDay2025 🤝 This is a perfect opportunity for beginners!

Unjargoned: Weekly Eco Term Just Transition = A people-first plan to shift from fossil fuels to clean energy without leaving communities behind. 🎙️Voice: Maliseni Mulenga Real-world example: here4climatejustice.org

📣 The #Sylvanian Newsletter - May 2025 issue is fresh off the press! Inside this issue: ☢️ Toxic Trump proclamations 🚫 #HandsOff our gov't, healthcare, env't... 🌱 Lancaster Group's Green Project Grants ⚡️Gov. Shapiro's 'Lightning Plan' 🏃‍♂️Trail running and conservation in PA Read more: bit.ly/4d37Tih.

On May Day and every day, we are powerful together -- together as workers, together as citizens, together as families, together as neighbors. ✊ How are you spending your #MayDay?

How much harm can be done in 100 days? A lot! Yesterday marked 💯 days since Trump returned to the White House, undoing decades of safeguards to clean air & water. How are Trump's cuts to climate & clean energy hurting communities? Learn more about #100Days100Harms: www.actonclimate.com/trumptracker

Every session, Merck has pushed a bill to weaken the PA Clean Streams Law and let polluters decide whether to report spills. The bill has died each time. Shockingly, DEP issued a draft policy letting polluters spill w/o reporting. Tell DEP: Don't weaken our clean water protections! bit.ly/4lRvHtB

🐦 Are you an early bird? 🥾 Join our Kittatinny Group and the Monocacy Hill Conservation Assoc for a free guided bird walk at Monocacy Hill Recreation Area in Douglassville on 5/4 @ 7:45 am. Birders of all ages and levels welcome. RSVP: bit.ly/MonocacyBird... (📷: longspan via Creative Commons)

#EarthMonth volunteer opportunity! Join our Lehigh Valley Group at Ricky Park in Orefield on 5/3 @ 11AM for a tour and discussion of their wetland. Learn about the benefits and challenges of wetland maintenance and even get your hands dirty weeding native plants. RSVP: bit.ly/RickyParkWetlandTour

⚡NEWS: Yesterday, the PA Legislature introduced 6 bills to implement Gov. Shapiro's Lightning Plan, including policies to accelerate renewable energy development, reduce energy waste, limit climate pollution, and incentivize clean manufacturing. We approve. Read our full statement: bit.ly/4ju1Khy.

📚 On #WorldBookDay and in honor of #EarthMonth, we're sharing some of our favorite books celebrating nature. 🪶 Starting with "A Hummingbird in My House: The Story of Squeak" by Arnette Heidcamp, which documents the winter she spent hosting a hummingbird that failed to migrate. bit.ly/4lGlaRI