Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter (NY)

06/04/2026

Today is the last day of scheduled Legislative Session and the Super Bills still haven't been voted on in both houses.
Take Action Today: Reach out to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and urge a VOTE on these extremely important policies that would mean cleaner air, cleaner water, and less toxic communities for NYers.

06/01/2026

Deadline Extended until June 8th!
The Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter is a proud co-partner in this effort. See below on ways that you can help to provide ingredient disclosure around the ingredients that are in diapers and adult incontinence products here in NYS. You don't need to buy anything, but can simply take photos of ingredient labels next time you are out and about at your local store, or even the items you may have in your own homes!
Deadline to submit photos has been extended to June 8th!

Join the Diaper Ingredient Project. Your photos can help identify potentially harmful ingredients in diapers and incontinence products and support safer products for families.

New York’s diaper ingredient disclosure law, which took effect in December 2025, is the first law in the U.S. requiring manufacturers of diapers and adult incontinence products to list ingredients on packaging. The law creates an important opportunity to better understand what ingredients are present in these products. This project will also help examine how the law is being implemented, identify gaps in disclosure, and strengthen the case for safer products.

Learn more and submit photos by June 8: bit.ly/weavedip

05/22/2026

Three bills await passage in the NYS Assembly: The Comprehensive PFAS Ban, The Beauty Justice Act, and The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act.

New York has already taken steps in recent years to phase out toxic chemicals like PFAS in firefighting foam, food packaging, apparel, and carpets, but further action is needed to protect public health.

These policy pieces can relieve a lot of misery from New York’s future — with the promise of fewer cancer deaths, cleaner drinking water, and greater resources for our communities burdened with the costs of waste disposal and toxic clean ups.

Urge Assembly Speaker Heastie to finally pass these bills through his house, and restore the legislature’s commitment to a clean and healthful environment. Send your message today!

The regressive legislative rollbacks in the 2026-27 budget are certain to reverse years of environmental progress in New York, with negative outcomes like the prolonged use of expensive fossil fuels, higher energy costs, degraded air quality, contaminated drinking water and unwanted community sprawl...

05/14/2026

Be sure to get your photos in by May 22nd!
Learn more about this project here:
https://weavingvoices.org/diaper-ingredient-transparency-project/

Join the Diaper Ingredient Project! Your photos can help explore potential harmful ingredients in diapers and incontinence products to support safer products for families!

New York’s diaper ingredient disclosure law, that went into effect in December 2025, is the first law in the U.S. to require manufacturers of diapers and adult incontinence products to include a list of ingredients on the package. This law creates an important opportunity to better understand what ingredients are present in baby diapers and adult incontinence products. Now, we want to see what companies are actually disclosing on shelves.

📍We’re especially calling on people in New York to submit photos as the law rolls out — but submissions from anywhere are helpful!

Learn more and submit photos by May 22: bit.ly/weavedip

04/22/2026

The Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter is proud to be a part of the Earth Day Advocacy Day at the NYS Capitol today! We are here, advocating for a less toxic future where the climate law is supported and enforced and toxic ‘forever chemicals’ are not polluting our communities. Thank you for all you do - let’s make sure every day is for protecting our Earth! 🌎🌳💦🌱

02/13/2026

Volunteers and staff of the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter spent this week hard at work at the NYS Capitol, pushing for a vast array of environmental policies! We talked to legislators from around the state regarding important environmental funding, transportation issues, and dealing with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. Thank you to all who were able to participate! And if you’d like to get more involved, send us DM or email us at [email protected].
We can’t wait for you to join us ☺️🌎🌳

02/05/2026

The Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter is spending the morning at the NYS Capitol with discussing sewage sludge and PFAS.

10/28/2025

With just over a week left to vote in the General Election, we are urging folks to flip their ballots and vote YES on Prop 1.
This Constitutional Amendment would add 2500 new acres to the Adirondack Forest Preserve. See our Fact Sheet here for more information on the ins and outs of the proposal: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e5wLaToiotjWz4jPMeIR_gUx-SPm8Dk7/view?usp=sharing

08/12/2025

SYRACUSE, NY — The Sierra Club’s Atlantic Chapter is raising concerns about the pollution impacts from Micron’s planned buildout of a massive complex of four semiconductor fabrication facilities (fabs) in Central New York, detailing its concerns in a 37-page letter submitted to the Onondaga County Office of Economic Development and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Office during the comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the project. The comment period ended on August 11.
Read our full statement here:

Sierra Club’s Atlantic Chapter submits letter during public comment period on megaproject’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement

07/03/2025

Spreading sewage sludge - laden with PFAS and other toxic chemicals and heavy metals - on our farmlands and fields around NYS isn't a beneficial solution to dealing with this waste.
Wayne Miller, member of the Atlantic Chapter's Executive Committee and co-author of the Chapter's report on the dangers of this spreading practice, was featured in "The Malone Telegram" lifting up the importance of a statewide pause on this practice. Read the article here (https://mymalonetelegram-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=53443c83a_134fa71).
And also see here to read the Farm & Food Committee's full report: "Sewage Sludge 'Fertilizer' Contaminates Farms with Toxic PFAS."
https://www.sierraclub.org/atlantic/report-sewage-sludge-fertilizer-contaminates-farms-toxic-pfas