Blog posts from around the country
Maine Chapter
Looking toward the future, microgrids
are an important infrastructure tool that can increase grid resiliency, save ratepayers money, and
help stimulate local energy production. This legislation allows for the construction and operation
of microgrids…
Alabama Chapter
Harmony, truly, is what we seek as environmentalists. Let us perform small acts, every day, that represent our commitment to protecting the Earth and continue the legacy as defenders of nature, as a part of-Our Sierra Club.
Redwood Chapter
Even with the narrow defeat of Measure C, a 2018 ballot initiative to curb open space development in Napa Valley, conservationists are insisting that growth be checked to protect watersheds, riparian habitat and the oak woodlands on the hills lin
Alabama Chapter
The legislature tackled a handful of controversial bills this week, including a proposed lottery and the legalization of medical marijuana.
Alabama Chapter
Earthjustice on behalf of Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future, Gasp, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Sierra Club, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for improperly regulating coke ovens – producers of known carcinogens – thus failing to…
Florida Chapter
The Florida Poor People's Campaign held a field hearing in Belle Glade at the Sierra Club office as part of the National Emergency Truth and Poverty Tour.
Santa Barbara Group / Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter / California
Sitting through the all-day Plains sentencing hearing yesterday on punishment for their felony conviction for causing the 2015 Refugio oil spill was a lesson in our inability to hold oil companies like Plains accountable for even the most egregious…
Lone Star Chapter
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Rio Grande LNG fracked gas export terminal and the 135 mile-long Rio Bravo Pipeline. Rio Grande LNG is one of three…
Alabama Chapter
Thursday, April 18, Representative Neil Rafferty (D-54) introduced HB 476, the Water Conservation and Security Act, which will improve Alabama’s system of water management to better protect our rivers and streams for the quality of Alabama’s…