Blog posts from around the country
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. Union Presbyterian Seminary, Charlotte, presented by NC Climate Solutions Coalition
North Carolina Chapter
The N.C. House today passed a measure that would limit local governments’ ability to regulate billboards and put scenic highways at risk, but rejected many of the most egregious provisions in the measure’s original version.
Lone Star Chapter
Today, the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the agency’s failure to increase protections in numerous communities that have…
Wisconsin Chapter
Coyote-killing contests are held many times a year in forty states. Wisconsin alone has held 41 contests in the last two years. On February 8th, State Senator Fred Risser introduced SB30 (Companion Bill HB29) opposing contests for killing wild…
Wisconsin Chapter
On Friday, We Energies asked the Public Service Commission for permission to increase fees on customers that have solar panels. The fee would increase with the size of the solar installation. The proposal includes an increase of the mandatory fee (…
Lone Star Chapter
Nydia Gutierrez, a bilingual Texas native, is the newest addition to the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter, where she will serve as Communications Coordinator.
Florida Chapter
On behalf of 230,000 members and supporters, Sierra Club Florida asks the governor to veto SB 7068, which would construct three toll roads through the heartland of Florida.
Maine Chapter
We encourage the use of Clean and Renewable Resources only. We prefer carbon and pollution free
energy sustainably collected from renewable sources including wind, solar, tidal, and geothermal. We
encourage you to incentivize these resources over…
North Carolina Chapter
This week was a hectic one at the N.C. General Assembly. With crossover imminent, legislators are rushing to pass bills out of committees and out of one chamber or the other to keep them alive for the biennium. Cassie Gavin reports that a pair of…