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This is our last chance for citizens to tell EPA that “Reducing Regulatory Burdens” is a threat to healthy and the environmentThe notice and comment period has started and will close in two weeks.Evaluation of Existing Regulations< ...

Sierra Club Delta Chapter will be tabling at the State Capitol on Wednesday, April 19 from 9 am to 4 pm. We will have three tables on the floor between the House and Senate chambers. We have invited volunteers to organize meetings with legislators...

VOTE in the #BRIGHTMINDSCHALLENGE for CLEP in 2 min before the end of February and really help HEAL THE WORLD. 

Dates/Times: April 7, 4 pm to April 9, 11 amLocation: Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, 1500 Poverty Point Parkway, Delhi, LA 71232Cost: $60 per person includes two nights lodging and basic mealsClick on the title of this article to see...

Turnout for the Jan 12, 2017 LDEQ USACE public hearing on the Bayou Bridge pipeline project was outstanding. Opposition to the pipeline greatly outnumbered supporters. Hearing testimony was at times factual, emotional, and even entertaining. Thanks...

Jan 24, 2017  Senator Bill Cassidy703 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Cassidy, I am writing on behalf of the Delta Chapter of the Sierra Club to express our serious concerns and alarm about...

The annual election for the Club's Board of Directors is now underway.  Those eligible to vote in the national Sierra Club election will receive in the mail (or by Internet if you chose the electronic delivery option) your national Sierra Club...

The Bayou Bridge Pipeline is a proposed 162 mile, 24 inch diameter pipeline that would carry crude oil from south of Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish and terminate in St. James Parish. The pipeline will carry an estimated 280,000 barrels of oil per...

The Atchafalaya Basin in southwest Louisiana guides the Atchafalaya River, a 135-mile long natural distributary of the Mississippi River, that empties into the Gulf of Mexico through the only growing river delta in Louisiana.The most ecologically...

WHAT's THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT FLOODING? In the aftermath of the 2016 Flood, the Sierra Club Baton Rouge Group will host three programs on topics related to recovery. Nov. 17th "Planning During a Time of Climate Change.” Born in Baton Rouge,...