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Utah Chapter Sierra Club Your neighbors at the Utah Chapter, Sierra Club are working to protect communities and our environment. Visit us at SierraClub.org/utah

We do this through educational and legal programs, and legislative and political activism.

Here's our slate of State Senate and County Council Endorsements!🎉📣 UT Ballots will be mailed starting October 14th! We’...
10/12/2026

Here's our slate of State Senate and County Council Endorsements!🎉

📣 UT Ballots will be mailed starting October 14th!

We’ve selected a slate of leaders who are willing to face our environmental challenges head on for this election season.

Ready to support getting them elected? Join them in phone banking, giving to their campaigns, and helping them knock doors!

Link in our bio to follow their campaigns.

🗳️ And of course - Tuesday, November 3, 2026, we need everyone to go out and VOTE!

💚 “We’re elated to announce champions who are standing by the environmental issues that matter to Utahns. This is a moment where we need courageous leadership. Leaders who will stand and face the issues head on to fight for solutions that protect our environment and ultimately our stake to a home here in Utah.” - Darlene McDonald, Sierra Club Utah Political Committee Chair

📣 UT Ballots will be mailed starting October 14th! We’ve selected a slate of leaders who are willing to face our environ...
10/12/2026

📣 UT Ballots will be mailed starting October 14th!

We’ve selected a slate of leaders who are willing to face our environmental challenges head on for this election season.

Ready to support getting them elected? Join them in phone banking, giving to their campaigns, and helping them knock doors!

Link in our bio to follow their campaigns.

🗳️ And of course - Tuesday, November 3, 2026, we need everyone to go out and VOTE!

💚 “We’re elated to announce champions who are standing by the environmental issues that matter to Utahns. This is a moment where we need courageous leadership. Leaders who will stand and face the issues head on to fight for solutions that protect our environment and ultimately our stake to a home here in Utah.” - Darlene McDonald, Sierra Club Utah Political Committee Chair

📣 UT Ballots will be mailed starting October 14th! We’ve selected a slate of leaders who are willing to face our environ...
10/09/2026

📣 UT Ballots will be mailed starting October 14th! We’ve selected a slate of leaders who are willing to face our environmental challenges head on for this election season.

Ready to support getting them elected? Join them in phone banking, giving to their campaigns, and helping them knock doors.  Link in our bio to follow their campaigns.

🗳️ And of course - Tuesday, November 3, 2026, we need everyone to go out and VOTE!

💚 “We’re elated to announce champions who are standing by the environmental issues that matter to Utahns. This is a moment where we need courageous leadership. Leaders who will stand and face the issues head on to fight for solutions that protect our environment and ultimately our stake to a home here in Utah.” - Darlene McDonald, Sierra Club Utah Political Committee Chair

Data Centers talk big game, and deliver too little back. 🤏😒While developers promise thousands of jobs to state leaders, ...
10/08/2026

Data Centers talk big game, and deliver too little back. 🤏😒

While developers promise thousands of jobs to state leaders, they can’t back up those numbers. Most of the jobs created tend to be temporary (especially for construction). The permanent jobs are a lot less - mostly security and maintenance workers.

There is an equation done by some industry groups that claim that data centers need about 20 to 30 permanent staff members per 100 MW. With that said, these studies top out at 500 MW, and the hyperscale data centers proposed in Utah are going multiple-fold beyond what’s been actually studied.

The idea is that the larger size a data center is in terms of MW, the more efficient they are, so there is diminishing need of permanent jobs per MW. The 10GW Creekstone data center project’s own press release only promises “to add 106 new, high paying jobs… over the next 20 years”.

According to Brookings, data centers don’t create many jobs, and don’t increase worker pay. “Data centers do create local jobs, though fewer than industry advocates claim.” In fact, Brooking found that “[w]ages are unaffected by data center builds while home prices rise 2%-5%”.

No, the grass isn’t greener for jobs with data centers around.

About the Series:
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about data centers, so here’s a few important myths we want to call out. We are Sierra Club Utah Chapter volunteers and this is our “Myth or Reality” Series: Part 4.

Follow along with our series over the next few weeks to learn more about data centers, then share a post or two with friends, and check out the link in our bio to learn how to become involved with Sierra Club Utah

It's time once again for our Utah Chapter's Executive Committee elections! 🥳The executive committee is the governing com...
10/08/2026

It's time once again for our Utah Chapter's Executive Committee elections! 🥳

The executive committee is the governing committee of any Sierra Club chapter, with its leaders elected by the Utah Chapter members. We are looking to build a diverse team of individuals who will support our Chapter staff and volunteer leaders as they work in our organization and our communities. If you've ever thought about getting into club leadership, or know someone you think would make a good addition to our team, please fill out the link in our bio! 🌿

We have five spots on the ballot this year, and we look forward to meeting all those interested in chapter leadership. Nominations are due by 11:59 PM on October 18th, and all candidates will be contacted by the Nominations Committee for consideration. 🌻

If you have questions about serving on the executive committee feel free to contact us.

💨🔊♨️Hyperscale data centers aren’t great neighbors. 😵‍💫These projects produce significant problems, and the one people h...
10/05/2026

💨🔊♨️Hyperscale data centers aren’t great neighbors. 😵‍💫

These projects produce significant problems, and the one people hear about least is the one that hits closest to home. The first issue is climate pollution. Dr. Robert Davies, a physics professor at Utah State, estimates “nine gigawatts of power of natural gas will raise Utah’s current total greenhouse gas production by about 50 percent.” That’s a climate problem shared by everyone.

The second is heat, and it stays local. Every watt that goes into a data center comes back out as warmth. Dr. Davies calculates the waste heat coming off a project this size at the energy of twenty-three atomic bombs on Hansel Valley every day, enough to raise nighttime temperatures nearby by as much as twelve degrees.

Third are air particulates, impacting the health of Utah residents far beyond their property lines. The Environmental Integrity Project has estimated that the Stratos Project alone could release over 10,000 tons of “total criteria pollutants” per year. That includes over 2,300 tons of PM2.5 fine particles that pose the greatest risk to public health.

Next is the problem that you may have heard about - noise pollution. Data Centers make intense non-stop noise. Residents living near data centers in Virginia (the epicenter of data centers in the country) complain about “extreme industrial noise” 24/7 at their homes.

Lastly, wastewater pollution may transfer from disposal areas into groundwater, tributaries, and lakes. In Utah, a newer proposed hyperscale data center is asking to put their wastewater (contaminated with PFAS, heavy metals, and other chemicals) into the shores of the Great Salt Lake.

About the Series:
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about data centers, so here’s a few important myths we want to call out. We are Sierra Club Utah Chapter volunteers and this is our “Myth or Reality” Series: Part 3.

Follow along with our series over the next few weeks to learn more about data centers, then share a post or two with friends, and check out the link in our bio to learn how to become involved with Sierra Club Utah

🧙Don’t fall for the closed-loop cooling magic trick. ✨ 🪄We’ve all heard about the closed-loop water for cooling data cen...
10/01/2026

🧙Don’t fall for the closed-loop cooling magic trick. ✨ 🪄

We’ve all heard about the closed-loop water for cooling data centers by now, since traditional data centers use water (yep, water) to cool their servers. Now, companies are promising to use “closed loop” systems that use far less water, a critical talking point since Utahns are concerned about drought and the decreasing water levels of the Great Salt Lake. Our Governor has even stated that some data centers, like the proposed Stratos data center, might increase the water levels in the lake.

The truth is, most energy generation requires water, and closed-loop systems require more energy. They’re just moving where the water gets used. Whether using the grid or bringing their own energy, data centers are using a ton of high-water-use energy, especially gas-fired plants or even worse, coal. Even if projects are “off the grid,” the water use and pollution of these plants affects us all. According to a recent report from Ceres, data centers use “3.4 trillion gallons of freshwater annually for electricity, around 12 times the annual water use of Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Washington D.C., combined.”

About the Series:
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about data centers, so here’s a few important myths we want to call out. We are Sierra Club Utah Chapter volunteers and this is our “Myth or Reality” Series: Part 2.

Follow along with our series over the next few weeks to learn more about data centers, then share a post or two with friends, and check out the link in our bio to learn how to become involved with Sierra Club Utah

🌿Spooky for Public Lands Social | Come Dressed as Your Favorite Public Land! 🌿📅 Monday, Oct 12 | 🕕 7:00 – 9:00 PM📍 Fishe...
09/30/2026

🌿Spooky for Public Lands Social | Come Dressed as Your Favorite Public Land! 🌿
📅 Monday, Oct 12 | 🕕 7:00 – 9:00 PM📍 Fisher Brewing Co. | 320 W 800 S, Salt Lake City, UT

What public land or national monument/park will you be?
Come dressed Spooky for Public Lands with the Sierra Club Utah Chapter! Dress up as your favorite national park, national monuments, or other public land. You can make your costume nice or spooky- to represent your favorite memory or what might happen if Trump has his way. The contest will be judge by fellow attendees using this criteria. This

💬 What’s Going Down:
🌵 Dress Wild & Spooky — Rep your favorite national park, monument, or public land, or what they would look like if Trump’s administration has their way with them.
🏆 Costume Contest — Prizes and bragging rights for our favorite public-lands-inspired looks
🤝 Meet Your People — Connect with fellow conservationists and public lands lovers
📣 Take Action — Learn about current efforts to protect Utah’s wild places and how you can get involved
🍻 Grab a Local Brew — Hang out, have fun, and celebrate the landscapes we love

🌎 Why You Should Come:
✅ Meet like-minded conservation folks
✅ Take action to protect the places we love
✅ Enjoy delicious local brews

This event is FREE and open to all!
Whether you’re a longtime activist or just getting curious, this is a perfect way to connect and get involved.
✨ We can’t wait to see you there! ✨
Hosted by the Utah Chapter Sierra Club’s Lands Subteam . Signup Restrictions: Must be over +21 years old to enter the brewery but drinking alcohol is not necessary.

🌿Spooky for Public Lands Social | Come Dressed as Your Favorite Public Land! 🌿📅 Monday, Oct 12 | 🕕 7:00 – 9:00 PM📍 Fishe...
09/24/2026

🌿Spooky for Public Lands Social | Come Dressed as Your Favorite Public Land! 🌿
📅 Monday, Oct 12 | 🕕 7:00 – 9:00 PM📍 Fisher Brewing Co. | 320 W 800 S, Salt Lake City, UT

What public land or national monument/park will you be?
Come dressed Spooky for Public Lands with the Sierra Club Utah Chapter! Dress up as your favorite national park, national monuments, or other public land. You can make your costume nice or spooky- to represent your favorite memory or what might happen if Trump has his way.

💬 What’s Going Down:
🌵 Dress Wild & Spooky — Rep your favorite national park, monument, or public land, or what they would look like if Trump’s administration has their way with them.
🏆 Costume Contest — Prizes and bragging rights for our favorite public-lands-inspired looks
🤝 Meet Your People — Connect with fellow conservationists and public lands lovers
📣 Take Action — Learn about current efforts to protect Utah’s wild places and how you can get involved
🍻 Grab a Local Brew — Hang out, have fun, and celebrate the landscapes we love

🌎 Why You Should Come:
✅ Meet like-minded conservation folks
✅ Take action to protect the places we love
✅ Enjoy delicious local brews

This event is FREE and open to all!
Whether you’re a longtime activist or just getting curious, this is a perfect way to connect and get involved.
✨ We can’t wait to see you there! ✨
Hosted by the Utah Chapter Sierra Club’s Lands Subteam . Signup Restrictions: Must be over +21 years old to enter the brewery but drinking alcohol is not necessary.

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