Bucks County Sierra Club

The Bucks County Sierra Club is also a member of the Better Path Coalition, a Pennsylvania-based environmentalist group that is opposed to conventional sources of fuel such as fracking. ^{6 7}

Background

The Bucks County Sierra Club is a member of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Group (SPG), which in turn is part of Sierra Club Pennsylvania. Sierra Club Pennsylvania is the state chapter of the Sierra Club a left-of-center environmental conservation advocacy nonprofit that claims to be the largest environmentalist advocacy organization in the United States. ^{1 2 3 4 5}

The group states it can receive tax-deductible donations through the Sierra Club Foundation that are designated for the Sierra Club Pennsylvania.  ⁸

The Sierra Club Pennsylvania is a member of the HERE 4 Climate Justice coalition. The group claims it was formed to advocate for updated housing conditions to account for climate change, public health issues, and gentrification in Philadelphia. Other members of the coalition include Philly Democratic Socialists of America, the Clean Air Council, the Climate Witness Project, POWER Interfaith, New Ecology, the Pennsylvania Bipartisan Climate Initiative, and the Philly Rent Control Coalition.  ⁹

Better Path Coalition

The Bucks County Sierra Club is a member of the Better Path Coalition, a Pennsylvania-based environmentalist group that is opposed to conventional sources of fuel such as fracking. ^{6 7}

Activities

The Bucks County Sierra Club’s parent group, Sierra Club Pennsylvania, has previously partnered with Queer NEPA Outdoors to host “safe spaces” for LGBT individuals, such as through the Queer NEPA Outdoors Valley Forge Walk.  ¹⁰

Sierra Club Pennsylvania previously advocated in favor of the Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS), a state-wide proposal that would require weather-dependent energy sources to comprise of 35 percent of Pennsylvania’s energy sources by 2035. The group also opposes fossil fuel-based energy, stating “[s]top the expansion of gas export projects in their tracks before they can contribute to our climate crisis, pollute our water, land, and communities.”  ^{11  12}

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Group of the Sierra Club Pennsylvania was a participant in the No Kings protests, a movement of left-of-center groups aimed at protesting the Trump administration. SPG’s website advertised the October 18, 2025 protest on its website, stating more than 7 million nationwide “participated in peaceful rallies to protest Donald Trump’s policies.”  ^{5  13}