The 39th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) begins on March 18 and runs until March 29 at Tower City Cinemas downtown. Again, NEO Sierra Club will participate as a Community Partner. In particular, we are helping to promote the film, Divide in Concord, a documentary about an octogenarian activist in Concord, Massachusetts who works to ban plastic water bottles in her community. Read more…
PUCO shuts down AEP’s request to increase customers’ bills to pay for aging coal plants COLUMBUS, Ohio – Today, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) stood up for Ohio electric customers by denying a bailout request by American Electric … Read more…
We’d like to thank Anne Caruso for putting together a fabulous Northeast Ohio Sierra Club party this past November! Many thanks to the NEOSC members who stepped up to help organize, set up, cook, and clean up for the Holiday Party and those who donated to gift basket items. Read more…
In the New York Times Book Review of November 6, 2014, reviewer Rob Nixon calls This Changes Everything one of the most important books on the environment to appear since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in 1962. He may be correct. Read more…
FirstEnergy, the electric utility that pushed the hardest for and financed the gutting of Ohio’s clean energy and efficiency standards, is now looking to prop up coal and suppress clean energy in Ohio. It’s time for us to stand up and stop them. Read more…
The Ohio General Assembly recently passed a new law that guts our renewable energy and energy efficiency standards, forcing Ohioans to rely more on dirty fossil fuels and pay more for electricity. Along with business and consumer groups and thousands of individuals, Sierra Club is urging PUCO to deny FirstEnergy’s request to increase customers’ bills to pay for coal plants that can’t compete in a free market. Read more…
Join Sierra Club for our Water Alert Reporting Network (W.A.R.N.) training. Learn how to identify and report incidents of pollution in our waterways. Two opportunities to learn more: Nov. 11 and 13, from 6:30-9:30 PM. Read more…
In light of mounting evidence that the raising of cows, pigs and chicken generates enormous amounts of greenhouse gases, we have joined the international movement: Meatless Monday. It’s simple. It calls for citizens to cut the meat, one day a week. Your help is needed! We have produced postcards for distribution… Read more…
As some of you know, Geauga County citizens are fighting a nightmare come true: an activist judge with an agenda to vastly limit the mission of conservation in our public park system. We are asking all of those interested in conservation in Ohio to help us show clear support for the conservation, preservation, and protection of our parks and natural areas. Read more…
Sierra Club Northeast Ohio Group/Ohio Chapter’s endorsed candidates for the 2014 Election Season… all of these candidates are champions of the environment. Please show them your support by donating money and/or volunteering on their campaigns, and by showing up on election day. Read more…