The polls are tied, and now is the time to get involved! Writing personalized letters to undecided voters is a proven way you can help make sure Kamala Harris wins in 2024, from the comfort of your own home and on your own timeline. At our virtual quick start trainings, we go over why letters are effective for turning out voters and how to send them.
Every day, thousands of diesel trucks crisscross the country, making the freight industry a top climate polluter and affecting the health of people all along these routes, especially communities of color near ports.
However, change is on the horizon. Thanks to years of advocacy, the Port of Los Angeles—one of the world's busiest—is moving towards electric trucks. Emissions from the ports have hindered the state's efforts to cut greenhouse gases. A new law will address this by ensuring that all port trucks in the state are zero-emission by 2035. Read our latest Sierra article.
Our oldest forests offer so many benefits, like protecting our clean air and water, safeguarding wildlife habitats, and tackling the climate crisis. A new documentary, "Crown Jewels," takes viewers to ancient forests on federal lands across the country while exploring the logging threats facing them. As the film crew travels from the rolling hills of West Virginia to the temperate rainforest of Oregon, they learn the real value that these ecosystems provide the communities that depend on them.
We all see it, we all feel it. There's more and more extreme-weather—from floods to wildfires to scorching heat—every year now. But the good news is that there's actually a lot we can do to be prepared. That includes making an Emergency Go Bag, which you can have ready to go in case of an unexpected event.
One of the reasons people travel with Sierra Club Outings time and time again is the joyful camaraderie they experience on our trips with other like-minded, environmentally-conscious individuals.
Trying to electrify your home on your own can be hard. What if we instead focused on liberating entire neighborhoods from their reliance on methane gas? A systematic approach led by utilities would be faster and cheaper than the home-by-home slog by which communities are slowly electrifying today. But achieving such reforms means overcoming opposition to electrification from gas providers and their political backers.
Starting in 2018, Dawn Nilson and a team of volunteers counted every single street and porch light in a 4,000-square-mile area. Back in her office, she pored over maps and satellite images. Her efforts were all in service of a single goal: preserving one of the largest remaining parcels of dark skies in the Lower 48.
Conservation groups were initially thrilled when President Biden issued an executive order directing his administration to conserve and inventory mature and old-growth forests. In June, the Forest Service released a draft amendment to comply with the order, but it includes numerous logging exceptions. Now, forest advocacy groups are urging their supporters to ask the Forest Service to create a policy that adds stronger protections to these vital ecosystems.
This report shares stories of the substantial ground gained last year towards our goals for a healthy, thriving planet for all building on milestone achievements to drive our progress forward in communities across the country.
We have no time to waste. We must act at unmatched speed on an unprecedented scale to confront the crises facing our country and our planet. We can only be successful by building a movement that works for everyone. Learn more about the Sierra Club.
