Sierra Club Applauds President Obama for Landmark Mercury Protection Measure will protect families, women and children from toxic brain poison

Washington, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rolled out landmark nationwide protections for toxic mercury from dirty power plants. Mercury is a dangerous brain poison that taints the fish we eat and poses a particular threat to prenatal babies and young children.

Exposure in the bloodstreams of pregnant and nursing women can result in birth defects such as learning disabilities, lowered IQ, deafness, blindness and cerebral palsy. Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of mercury pollution in the United States, pumping more than 33 tons of this dangerous toxin into our air and water each year.

Save the Date!

Chapter Awards Ceremony 

The South Carolina chapter of the Sierra Club will be holding its Third Annual Awards Ceremony to honor those environmentalists and volunteers who exemplify public service and to celebrate chapter and group accomplishments of the previous year.

Please mark your calendars and join us on Saturday, February 4, 2012, at the Fort Jackson Officers' Club for several hours of camaraderie, celebration and good food.  There will also be a silent auction.

Tickets are $40.00 per person.  You can also be a sponsor of the event for $150.00 (which includes two tickets and a grateful acknowledgement in the program, Congaree Chronicle, and on the website).

If you would like to reserve your place at the event, please send a check, payable to the South Carolina Sierra Club to Post Office Box 2388, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, or call the office at (803)256-8487, or send an email to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

If you would like to donate an item for the silent auction or if you would like to serve on the awards ceremony committee, please contact the office.