Blog posts from around the country
Redwood Chapter
Corporations are pushing unpopular projects through city and county planning departments with little care for the well being of the communities they claim they are serving. Fortunately, grassroots groups have organized to fight these projects,…
Suwannee St. Johns Group / Florida Chapter / Florida
City of Gainesville unanimously passed resolution to provide 100% of its energy from renewable sources by 2045. Now setting 2019 goals. Watch video: Gainesville is Ready for 100% Clean Renewable Energy.
North Carolina Chapter
The 2019 session of the NC General Assembly has gotten off to a somewhat slow start this year with few bills filed and few votes so far, according to Cassie Gavin, our director of government relations
New Jersey Chapter
The DEP and U.S Army Corps. Of Engineers released their New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management interim report. The study presents a preliminary focused array of alternative plans that reduces risk to human life and flooding risk from…
Oregon Chapter
On Feb. 27, Sierra Club hosted an Action Night to stand up against oil trains. Ryan Riffenhouse, from Friends of the Columbia Gorge, spoke in detail about the 2016 oil train tragedy in small town Mosier, OR and how oil companies continue to endanger…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Brandt Mannchen
I am retired and you would think that I have plenty of “free time”. However, looks are deceiving....
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Advocates Hand Deliver 1,100 Public Comments To TCEQ Opposing Annova LNG Fracked Gas Export Terminal
Advocates delivered more than 1,100 public comments to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) from Texans opposing the proposed Annova LNG fracked gas export terminal.
Alabama Chapter
Alabama’s oldest coal plant will be closing in April after a surprising mid-February announcement by Alabama Power.