Sierra Club Pennsylvania
@sierraclubpa.bsky.social
We're dedicated to exploring, enjoying, and protecting Pennsylvania's wild places.
🤫 🚨BREAKING: The EPA announced today, in a closed-door meeting with the fossil fuel industry, that it is preparing a proposal that would permanently eliminate some of the 2024 Methane Rule’s most important safeguards.
Read @sierraclub.org's statement: bit.ly/4j4n8N4
#MethaneRule #BeyondDirtyFuels
Read @sierraclub.org's statement: bit.ly/4j4n8N4
#MethaneRule #BeyondDirtyFuels
October 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
🤫 🚨BREAKING: The EPA announced today, in a closed-door meeting with the fossil fuel industry, that it is preparing a proposal that would permanently eliminate some of the 2024 Methane Rule’s most important safeguards.
Read @sierraclub.org's statement: bit.ly/4j4n8N4
#MethaneRule #BeyondDirtyFuels
Read @sierraclub.org's statement: bit.ly/4j4n8N4
#MethaneRule #BeyondDirtyFuels
🍂Just released: October Sylvanian🍁
⚠ Harrisburg: Act Now on Data Centers or Own the Blackouts
🌡 Too Hot to Ignore: A Summer of Climate Action
☀ Building a Brighter PA
⏰ Congress Needs to Meet the Moment
🏆 2026 Huplits Grant Awardees
Read it on our blog: bit.ly/4rSAHSa
#Sylvanian #SierraClubPA
⚠ Harrisburg: Act Now on Data Centers or Own the Blackouts
🌡 Too Hot to Ignore: A Summer of Climate Action
☀ Building a Brighter PA
⏰ Congress Needs to Meet the Moment
🏆 2026 Huplits Grant Awardees
Read it on our blog: bit.ly/4rSAHSa
#Sylvanian #SierraClubPA
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October 6, 2026 at 9:48 PM
🍂Just released: October Sylvanian🍁
⚠ Harrisburg: Act Now on Data Centers or Own the Blackouts
🌡 Too Hot to Ignore: A Summer of Climate Action
☀ Building a Brighter PA
⏰ Congress Needs to Meet the Moment
🏆 2026 Huplits Grant Awardees
Read it on our blog: bit.ly/4rSAHSa
#Sylvanian #SierraClubPA
⚠ Harrisburg: Act Now on Data Centers or Own the Blackouts
🌡 Too Hot to Ignore: A Summer of Climate Action
☀ Building a Brighter PA
⏰ Congress Needs to Meet the Moment
🏆 2026 Huplits Grant Awardees
Read it on our blog: bit.ly/4rSAHSa
#Sylvanian #SierraClubPA
HB 2380 just passed the PA House! We need to move fast to build support in the Senate, because w/o action our families will continue to pay more for electricity.
👍 Tell your State Senator to vote YES to affordability, reliability & a stronger energy economy: bit.ly/YesHB2380
👍 Tell your State Senator to vote YES to affordability, reliability & a stronger energy economy: bit.ly/YesHB2380
October 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
HB 2380 just passed the PA House! We need to move fast to build support in the Senate, because w/o action our families will continue to pay more for electricity.
👍 Tell your State Senator to vote YES to affordability, reliability & a stronger energy economy: bit.ly/YesHB2380
👍 Tell your State Senator to vote YES to affordability, reliability & a stronger energy economy: bit.ly/YesHB2380
🤔 Even if you want to choose solar, you may not be able to in PA. Community solar is not legal despite being allowed in every surrounding state.
🌞 Community solar allows energy to be produced at a separate location from where you live. It's about the freedom to choose. Learn: bit.ly/SCPACommunity
🌞 Community solar allows energy to be produced at a separate location from where you live. It's about the freedom to choose. Learn: bit.ly/SCPACommunity
September 24, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🤔 Even if you want to choose solar, you may not be able to in PA. Community solar is not legal despite being allowed in every surrounding state.
🌞 Community solar allows energy to be produced at a separate location from where you live. It's about the freedom to choose. Learn: bit.ly/SCPACommunity
🌞 Community solar allows energy to be produced at a separate location from where you live. It's about the freedom to choose. Learn: bit.ly/SCPACommunity
🦋 PA HB 426 prioritizes the use of native landscaping around state office buildings, providing critical habitat for pollinators while also benefiting water quality. HB 426 passed the PA House w/ bipartisan support and is in the PA Senate. Let’s get this bill passed!
🐝 Act Now: bit.ly/SupportHB426
🐝 Act Now: bit.ly/SupportHB426
September 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
🦋 PA HB 426 prioritizes the use of native landscaping around state office buildings, providing critical habitat for pollinators while also benefiting water quality. HB 426 passed the PA House w/ bipartisan support and is in the PA Senate. Let’s get this bill passed!
🐝 Act Now: bit.ly/SupportHB426
🐝 Act Now: bit.ly/SupportHB426
🦺🔌We're helping launch Building a Brighter PA, a campaign for clean, affordable, locally built energy — lower bills for families, good union jobs, and smarter oversight of utilities. Watch the launch video youtu.be/18X9na2ZqnE and read the platform at BuildingABrighterPA.org. #BuildingaBrighterPA
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September 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
🦺🔌We're helping launch Building a Brighter PA, a campaign for clean, affordable, locally built energy — lower bills for families, good union jobs, and smarter oversight of utilities. Watch the launch video youtu.be/18X9na2ZqnE and read the platform at BuildingABrighterPA.org. #BuildingaBrighterPA
📢 The PA PUC released a study on grid reliability in PA with some startling results.
🔌⚠️The study projects that, under PJM’s current load forecast and w/ no new state policy, the region won't have enough power starting in '27.
💡Our state gov't needs to act before the lights flicker. bit.ly/4xXyC9R
🔌⚠️The study projects that, under PJM’s current load forecast and w/ no new state policy, the region won't have enough power starting in '27.
💡Our state gov't needs to act before the lights flicker. bit.ly/4xXyC9R
September 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
📢 The PA PUC released a study on grid reliability in PA with some startling results.
🔌⚠️The study projects that, under PJM’s current load forecast and w/ no new state policy, the region won't have enough power starting in '27.
💡Our state gov't needs to act before the lights flicker. bit.ly/4xXyC9R
🔌⚠️The study projects that, under PJM’s current load forecast and w/ no new state policy, the region won't have enough power starting in '27.
💡Our state gov't needs to act before the lights flicker. bit.ly/4xXyC9R
📚Looking for a good read? Check out the September Sylvanian.
🥁Celebrate Our National Parks at Valley Forge
📑Gov. Shapiro's order on data centers
📗'25-'26 Environmental Scorecard
🏞Every Kid in a Park
📷Hickory Run 2026 photos
Read the issue on our blog: bit.ly/3UHAAfL
#Sylvanian #SierraClubPA
🥁Celebrate Our National Parks at Valley Forge
📑Gov. Shapiro's order on data centers
📗'25-'26 Environmental Scorecard
🏞Every Kid in a Park
📷Hickory Run 2026 photos
Read the issue on our blog: bit.ly/3UHAAfL
#Sylvanian #SierraClubPA
September 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
📚Looking for a good read? Check out the September Sylvanian.
🥁Celebrate Our National Parks at Valley Forge
📑Gov. Shapiro's order on data centers
📗'25-'26 Environmental Scorecard
🏞Every Kid in a Park
📷Hickory Run 2026 photos
Read the issue on our blog: bit.ly/3UHAAfL
#Sylvanian #SierraClubPA
🥁Celebrate Our National Parks at Valley Forge
📑Gov. Shapiro's order on data centers
📗'25-'26 Environmental Scorecard
🏞Every Kid in a Park
📷Hickory Run 2026 photos
Read the issue on our blog: bit.ly/3UHAAfL
#Sylvanian #SierraClubPA
😲 It's hard to believe that Pennsylvanians still don't have access to community solar!
📈 With electric bills continuing to rise, we can't afford to miss out on its benefits. Unfortunately, it is not yet legal in PA despite being permissible in every surrounding state. More: bit.ly/SCPACommunity
📈 With electric bills continuing to rise, we can't afford to miss out on its benefits. Unfortunately, it is not yet legal in PA despite being permissible in every surrounding state. More: bit.ly/SCPACommunity
September 8, 2026 at 7:03 PM
😲 It's hard to believe that Pennsylvanians still don't have access to community solar!
📈 With electric bills continuing to rise, we can't afford to miss out on its benefits. Unfortunately, it is not yet legal in PA despite being permissible in every surrounding state. More: bit.ly/SCPACommunity
📈 With electric bills continuing to rise, we can't afford to miss out on its benefits. Unfortunately, it is not yet legal in PA despite being permissible in every surrounding state. More: bit.ly/SCPACommunity
As demand from A.I. data centers grows, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is taking a look at how they connect to the electric grid & who pays for it.
📣 Tell FERC to maintain high standards evaluating these frameworks & protect American households from hidden costs: sc.org/FERCdatacenters
📣 Tell FERC to maintain high standards evaluating these frameworks & protect American households from hidden costs: sc.org/FERCdatacenters
August 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
As demand from A.I. data centers grows, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is taking a look at how they connect to the electric grid & who pays for it.
📣 Tell FERC to maintain high standards evaluating these frameworks & protect American households from hidden costs: sc.org/FERCdatacenters
📣 Tell FERC to maintain high standards evaluating these frameworks & protect American households from hidden costs: sc.org/FERCdatacenters
There's still time to join a #TooHotToIgnore event! Check out 2 in Philly & Lancaster:
🎒 8/22 (1-3PM): Back to School, But Too Hot To Learn Rally, Phila. City Hall, bit.ly/TooHot2Learn
🧺 8/29 (1-3PM): Too Hot To Ignore: A Climate Action Picnic, Buchmiller Park, Lancaster, bit.ly/TooHotPicnic
🎒 8/22 (1-3PM): Back to School, But Too Hot To Learn Rally, Phila. City Hall, bit.ly/TooHot2Learn
🧺 8/29 (1-3PM): Too Hot To Ignore: A Climate Action Picnic, Buchmiller Park, Lancaster, bit.ly/TooHotPicnic
August 21, 2026 at 9:16 PM
There's still time to join a #TooHotToIgnore event! Check out 2 in Philly & Lancaster:
🎒 8/22 (1-3PM): Back to School, But Too Hot To Learn Rally, Phila. City Hall, bit.ly/TooHot2Learn
🧺 8/29 (1-3PM): Too Hot To Ignore: A Climate Action Picnic, Buchmiller Park, Lancaster, bit.ly/TooHotPicnic
🎒 8/22 (1-3PM): Back to School, But Too Hot To Learn Rally, Phila. City Hall, bit.ly/TooHot2Learn
🧺 8/29 (1-3PM): Too Hot To Ignore: A Climate Action Picnic, Buchmiller Park, Lancaster, bit.ly/TooHotPicnic
✅🌳 DKY how your state lawmakers scored on the environment in 2025-2026?
The new #PAEnviroScore shows where every PA lawmaker stood on affordable energy, clean water, healthy communities, and democracy.
🗳 Find out how your legislators voted: bit.ly/PAEnviroScorecard2526
#PAPolitics #Accountability
The new #PAEnviroScore shows where every PA lawmaker stood on affordable energy, clean water, healthy communities, and democracy.
🗳 Find out how your legislators voted: bit.ly/PAEnviroScorecard2526
#PAPolitics #Accountability
August 20, 2026 at 5:20 PM
✅🌳 DKY how your state lawmakers scored on the environment in 2025-2026?
The new #PAEnviroScore shows where every PA lawmaker stood on affordable energy, clean water, healthy communities, and democracy.
🗳 Find out how your legislators voted: bit.ly/PAEnviroScorecard2526
#PAPolitics #Accountability
The new #PAEnviroScore shows where every PA lawmaker stood on affordable energy, clean water, healthy communities, and democracy.
🗳 Find out how your legislators voted: bit.ly/PAEnviroScorecard2526
#PAPolitics #Accountability
🚧⚡ #ICYMI: Yesterday, @governor.pa.gov signed an executive order putting strict guardrails on AI data center development in PA.
Core protections include:
🔌Bringing more clean energy online
💦 Preventing air + water pollution
❌Prohibiting NDAs
🙏Safeguarding ratepayers
Read more: bit.ly/4x3vicF
Core protections include:
🔌Bringing more clean energy online
💦 Preventing air + water pollution
❌Prohibiting NDAs
🙏Safeguarding ratepayers
Read more: bit.ly/4x3vicF
August 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
🚧⚡ #ICYMI: Yesterday, @governor.pa.gov signed an executive order putting strict guardrails on AI data center development in PA.
Core protections include:
🔌Bringing more clean energy online
💦 Preventing air + water pollution
❌Prohibiting NDAs
🙏Safeguarding ratepayers
Read more: bit.ly/4x3vicF
Core protections include:
🔌Bringing more clean energy online
💦 Preventing air + water pollution
❌Prohibiting NDAs
🙏Safeguarding ratepayers
Read more: bit.ly/4x3vicF
🌤📅TOMORROW 8/19: Join us, @pasolarcenter.bsky.social, and the Philadelphia Energy Authority at 12PM ET for a webinar on the benefits of municipal solar energy and how to get started. Spots are still open!
😎 REGISTER --> bit.ly/MuniSolar0819
#CleanEnergy #SolarizePA #SierraClub
😎 REGISTER --> bit.ly/MuniSolar0819
#CleanEnergy #SolarizePA #SierraClub
August 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🌤📅TOMORROW 8/19: Join us, @pasolarcenter.bsky.social, and the Philadelphia Energy Authority at 12PM ET for a webinar on the benefits of municipal solar energy and how to get started. Spots are still open!
😎 REGISTER --> bit.ly/MuniSolar0819
#CleanEnergy #SolarizePA #SierraClub
😎 REGISTER --> bit.ly/MuniSolar0819
#CleanEnergy #SolarizePA #SierraClub
⛺The Annual Outing at Hickory Run is ONE WEEK away! ⏰
Today, Friday, August 7th, is the LAST DAY to register. Don't miss out on all the fun at our annual community-building camping weekend.
🏕Ready, Set, Camp! bit.ly/HickoryRun2026
#AnnualOuting #HickoryRun2026 #SierraClub
Today, Friday, August 7th, is the LAST DAY to register. Don't miss out on all the fun at our annual community-building camping weekend.
🏕Ready, Set, Camp! bit.ly/HickoryRun2026
#AnnualOuting #HickoryRun2026 #SierraClub
August 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
⛺The Annual Outing at Hickory Run is ONE WEEK away! ⏰
Today, Friday, August 7th, is the LAST DAY to register. Don't miss out on all the fun at our annual community-building camping weekend.
🏕Ready, Set, Camp! bit.ly/HickoryRun2026
#AnnualOuting #HickoryRun2026 #SierraClub
Today, Friday, August 7th, is the LAST DAY to register. Don't miss out on all the fun at our annual community-building camping weekend.
🏕Ready, Set, Camp! bit.ly/HickoryRun2026
#AnnualOuting #HickoryRun2026 #SierraClub
We're excited to be part of #ClimateSummer & #TooHotToIgnore campaign, joining partners across the country to sound the alarm that federal action is urgently needed to address the climate crisis.
📍 Find an event: bit.ly/SCPAEvents
🗞 Learn more: bit.ly/ClimateHushing
@actonclimateus.bsky.social
📍 Find an event: bit.ly/SCPAEvents
🗞 Learn more: bit.ly/ClimateHushing
@actonclimateus.bsky.social
August 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
We're excited to be part of #ClimateSummer & #TooHotToIgnore campaign, joining partners across the country to sound the alarm that federal action is urgently needed to address the climate crisis.
📍 Find an event: bit.ly/SCPAEvents
🗞 Learn more: bit.ly/ClimateHushing
@actonclimateus.bsky.social
📍 Find an event: bit.ly/SCPAEvents
🗞 Learn more: bit.ly/ClimateHushing
@actonclimateus.bsky.social
🌤 🍫😁 Sunshine, s'mores, & smiles await—celebrate summer with us at our FREE family-friendly, weekend-long #AnnualOuting at Hickory Run State Park!
Join us August 14-16 for camping, activities, and memories. Space is still available, but hurry; registration closes 8/7.
RSVP: bit.ly/HickoryRun2026.
Join us August 14-16 for camping, activities, and memories. Space is still available, but hurry; registration closes 8/7.
RSVP: bit.ly/HickoryRun2026.
August 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
🌤 🍫😁 Sunshine, s'mores, & smiles await—celebrate summer with us at our FREE family-friendly, weekend-long #AnnualOuting at Hickory Run State Park!
Join us August 14-16 for camping, activities, and memories. Space is still available, but hurry; registration closes 8/7.
RSVP: bit.ly/HickoryRun2026.
Join us August 14-16 for camping, activities, and memories. Space is still available, but hurry; registration closes 8/7.
RSVP: bit.ly/HickoryRun2026.
😎 The August 2026 #Sylvanian is here!
🚚 Amazon delivers... frustration
📝August is "Make a Will" month
📈Pennsylvania budget analysis
🌡Show your climate stripes
Read more at bit.ly/3U9O3wk.
🚚 Amazon delivers... frustration
📝August is "Make a Will" month
📈Pennsylvania budget analysis
🌡Show your climate stripes
Read more at bit.ly/3U9O3wk.
August 3, 2026 at 9:26 PM
😎 The August 2026 #Sylvanian is here!
🚚 Amazon delivers... frustration
📝August is "Make a Will" month
📈Pennsylvania budget analysis
🌡Show your climate stripes
Read more at bit.ly/3U9O3wk.
🚚 Amazon delivers... frustration
📝August is "Make a Will" month
📈Pennsylvania budget analysis
🌡Show your climate stripes
Read more at bit.ly/3U9O3wk.
🌲🥾Passionate about protecting our beautiful parks, forests, and trails? Our Public Lands Team is seeking an enthusiastic, organized leader to help guide them!
✍️ Could this be you? Comment below or contact us here: sierraclub.org/pennsylvania/contact-us.
✍️ Could this be you? Comment below or contact us here: sierraclub.org/pennsylvania/contact-us.
July 27, 2026 at 8:44 PM
🌲🥾Passionate about protecting our beautiful parks, forests, and trails? Our Public Lands Team is seeking an enthusiastic, organized leader to help guide them!
✍️ Could this be you? Comment below or contact us here: sierraclub.org/pennsylvania/contact-us.
✍️ Could this be you? Comment below or contact us here: sierraclub.org/pennsylvania/contact-us.
The #EnergyBillsReliefAct is here to deliver climate solutions. More clean energy means less pollution harming our health & driving extreme weather. EBRA will also deliver relief to families struggling w/ high energy prices.
🖋Sign the petition: bit.ly/SupportEBRA
#CleanEnergyDelivers
🖋Sign the petition: bit.ly/SupportEBRA
#CleanEnergyDelivers
July 18, 2026 at 7:31 PM
The #EnergyBillsReliefAct is here to deliver climate solutions. More clean energy means less pollution harming our health & driving extreme weather. EBRA will also deliver relief to families struggling w/ high energy prices.
🖋Sign the petition: bit.ly/SupportEBRA
#CleanEnergyDelivers
🖋Sign the petition: bit.ly/SupportEBRA
#CleanEnergyDelivers
🏭Landfills across PA take in radioactive fracking waste and produce harmful runoff, raising BIG concerns for impacted communities.
🚨A new report shows regulators aren't protecting communities; instead, they're caving to industry pressure.
On 7/23 @ 7PM, join us to learn the risks: bit.ly/4w2CcOO
🚨A new report shows regulators aren't protecting communities; instead, they're caving to industry pressure.
On 7/23 @ 7PM, join us to learn the risks: bit.ly/4w2CcOO
July 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
🏭Landfills across PA take in radioactive fracking waste and produce harmful runoff, raising BIG concerns for impacted communities.
🚨A new report shows regulators aren't protecting communities; instead, they're caving to industry pressure.
On 7/23 @ 7PM, join us to learn the risks: bit.ly/4w2CcOO
🚨A new report shows regulators aren't protecting communities; instead, they're caving to industry pressure.
On 7/23 @ 7PM, join us to learn the risks: bit.ly/4w2CcOO
🔎 As demand from data centers continues to grow, FERC is taking a closer look at how those facilities connect to the electric grid. American households should not pay the hidden costs associated with data center development!
🚨 Speak out today: act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...
🚨 Speak out today: act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...
July 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM
🔎 As demand from data centers continues to grow, FERC is taking a closer look at how those facilities connect to the electric grid. American households should not pay the hidden costs associated with data center development!
🚨 Speak out today: act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...
🚨 Speak out today: act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...
Summer News: July Sylvanian is out now!
🌞 Federal Credit for Nonprofit/Commercial Solar Installations
💦 Protecting Local Waterways from PFAS
🚜 Preserving Erie County’s County Farm
🏭 Data Centers: Worse Than You Think
⛺ Chapter Outing at Colton Point
Read the full issue at bit.ly/4gk6l7l.
🌞 Federal Credit for Nonprofit/Commercial Solar Installations
💦 Protecting Local Waterways from PFAS
🚜 Preserving Erie County’s County Farm
🏭 Data Centers: Worse Than You Think
⛺ Chapter Outing at Colton Point
Read the full issue at bit.ly/4gk6l7l.
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July 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Summer News: July Sylvanian is out now!
🌞 Federal Credit for Nonprofit/Commercial Solar Installations
💦 Protecting Local Waterways from PFAS
🚜 Preserving Erie County’s County Farm
🏭 Data Centers: Worse Than You Think
⛺ Chapter Outing at Colton Point
Read the full issue at bit.ly/4gk6l7l.
🌞 Federal Credit for Nonprofit/Commercial Solar Installations
💦 Protecting Local Waterways from PFAS
🚜 Preserving Erie County’s County Farm
🏭 Data Centers: Worse Than You Think
⛺ Chapter Outing at Colton Point
Read the full issue at bit.ly/4gk6l7l.
🏞️ As our nation marks its 250th anniversary, we're celebrating the public lands & waters that bring us together.
📸 Download a #PublicLands250 sign & snap a photo in a place you love. Tag @SierraClubPA + @SierraClub so we can celebrate w/ you! sc.org/America250-S...
📸 Download a #PublicLands250 sign & snap a photo in a place you love. Tag @SierraClubPA + @SierraClub so we can celebrate w/ you! sc.org/America250-S...
July 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
🏞️ As our nation marks its 250th anniversary, we're celebrating the public lands & waters that bring us together.
📸 Download a #PublicLands250 sign & snap a photo in a place you love. Tag @SierraClubPA + @SierraClub so we can celebrate w/ you! sc.org/America250-S...
📸 Download a #PublicLands250 sign & snap a photo in a place you love. Tag @SierraClubPA + @SierraClub so we can celebrate w/ you! sc.org/America250-S...