Blog posts from around the country

Lone Star Chapter
If you are a member of the Sierra Club, you are eligible to vote in our Executive Committee elections. We need your help to elect our leaders!
Maryland Chapter
The world felt the heat from the severity of the 2018 IPCC report, the most up-to-date and comprehensive explanation of the science of climate change and the future of Earth. This report followed by another equally concerning comprehensive piece of…
New Jersey Chapter
Today the Trump Administration proposed to weaken a major Obama-Era Rule Protecting Drinking Water for 117 million people. The Obama-era Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule was designed to limit pollution in most of the nation's large bodies of water in…
New Jersey Chapter
The New Jersey Sierra Club and other environmental groups are urging the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) for a complete ban on fracking including the dumping of fracking waste. Over 100,000 petitions have been collected calling on the DRBC…
Florida Chapter
The Dunedin City Commission unanimously approved a resolution establishing a goal of powering municipal operations entirely with renewable sources of energy by 2035, and community-wide by 2050.
North Star Chapter
After months of requests and pressure from environmental and equity groups, Metro Transit announced a plan Monday to transition the entire Twin Cities bus fleet to electric buses, as a way of combating pollution and cutting carbon emissions. The…
Lone Star Chapter
The TCEQ is expected to decide at its Dec. 12 public meeting whether to grant the city of Port Isabel, Laguna Vista, and several local residents a contested case hearing (CCH), which is a formal hearing to protest the state permit that will allow…
New Jersey Chapter
The Trump administration is expected to put forth a proposal on Tuesday that would significantly weaken a major Obama-Era Rule Protecting Drinking Water For 117 million people. The Obama-era Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule was designed to limit…
San Gorgonio Chapter
Creating Fire-Safe CommunitiesPresented by Chad HansonFebruary 5, 2019, 7:30pmSan Bernardino County Museum, 2014 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands     Research ecologist Chad Hanson will discuss how we can create far more fire-safe…
San Gorgonio Chapter
     Gail and Ladd will share their wonderful African adventure at the January 8 chapter meeting. Their July and August 2018 trip was organized around a Botswana wildlife tour which was a reunion for a Rotary friendship exchange…