Blog posts from around the country

Washington DC Chapter
Pepco is running ads on Facebook asking people to "act boldly" on climate change by signing a petition to weaken the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act in a way that would result in substantially higher greenhouse gas emissions from the District of…
New Jersey Chapter
The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife are going to resume cutting activities on Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Stand 33. NJDFW will begin cutting on or about November 27, 2018 for about two weeks and again before April 1, 2019.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The Sierra Club wants to expand access to southern Alameda County’s parklands. One way to do that is to encourage the development of more multi-use trails known as “linear parks,” used by cyclists and pedestrians. There are many promising sites for…
Wisconsin Chapter
One of the biggest winning outcomes from the election in Wisconsin was the environment!  All of the statewide races were won by pro-environment candidates and in Oneida County, we won the mining referendum.
Maryland Chapter
Media Advisory: Montgomery County residents and organizations testify at the Montgomery County Priorities Hearing to Petition the Delegation to Stop Gov. Hogan’s Highway Expansion Proposal
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Did you know that JJ Watt lives with us at our wildlife center on Hammerly Boulevard in Houston? Now you didn’t think I was actually talking about the football player for the Texans, did you? JJ is our bullsnake... (Read more)
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
The City of Philadelphia recently published a strategic transportation plan. It’s called Connect. Upon reviewing it , we found that it did not address decreasing the use of private vehicles, especially those with internal combustion engines.
Delta Chapter
A federal judge ruled today that the Trump administration violated bedrock U.S. environmental laws when approving a federal permit for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project. The judge blocked any construction on the pipeline…
Washington DC Chapter
Testimony from Sierra Club DC Chapter Conservation Chair Catherine Plume before the DC Council on plastic straw pollution.
Virginia Chapter
CONTACT Ben Weiner, Communications Coordinator, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter benjamin.weiner@sierraclub.org, (804) 241-9384