Sierra Club of the Lehigh Valley

Routine Newborn Screening for Heavy Metals: NOW is the time in Pennsylvania! Global Warming is real - but that hasn’t stopped millions of Americans from buying gas-guzzlers and driving them solo each day a few miles to work. Animal protein requires nearly 50 times the energy to produce per pound than vegetable protein – but Applebee’s still sells plenty of steaks. Why? The environmental damage caused thereby doesn’t seem personal. Only when people see pollution directly impac

The study this year is documented in a video that is posted on the Sierra Club facebook page. We focused on nitrate and temperature this year. Results are tabulated at right along with a satellite view of the location of the creeks. Nitrate is a pollutant from agricultural or fertilizer runoff and is considered harmful if > 10 ppm. We see the Fells creek has the highest observed value with Coplay and Jordan also relatively high. Further work is planned to try and determine th

Morning Under the Osprey By Grant Clauser You have to believe these things go on without us, the wake of my kayak, an osprey circling the willow cove for bluegill or perch, and words that sink their points into your shoulders. You know how beautiful spring begins— buds swelling into flowers all over the fields and a scent like youth collapsing from the ripe trees along the lake edge. Shoreline lilies at their brightest begin to become the background as white petals drift

The Lehigh Valley Group continues with a number of conservation programs relating to water quality. There are four primary areas highlighted below. 1) abandoned mine drainage remediation—Lehigh University Summer Engineering Institute (SEI) selected the Lausanne Tunnel Abandoned drainage site again this year for the field trip on environmental engineering. Matt MacConnell coordinated the visit by 50 select high school Juniors along with Lehigh faculty and students. The student

Hi All: After three meetings, including a great professionally-led visioning session, and three or four edits, we are sending out our Pedestrian/Biking Bridge mission statement. (attached). It is the first section in a four part study conducted by the citizens of Bethlehem to address the nature and plausibility of a pedestrian/biking bridge across the Lehigh River. But, please note, that our visioning session, even to our surprise, has yielded much more than a span across t

Lehigh River Pedestrian/Biking Bridge: Vision Statement We envision a bridge that allows safe passage for all community members, including walkers, bikers and runners, and unites North and South Bethlehem’s neighborhoods and businesses, allowing them to flourish as one. We believe that an architecturally beautiful bridge that promotes recreational enjoyment of the river is essential for Bethlehem to become a true walking city. Economic Impact: Far more than simply a span acr