Blog posts from around the country

Last year, Sierra Club members and activists helped us pass legislation to create the first state-level Buy Clean policy in the country to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The policy requires State agencies to purchase…

Yesterday, Wednesday 6/6, Sierra Club members and volunteers joined with people across the Mid-Atlantic region in participating in a “listening session” event in Wilmington, DE to discuss how we can transform our transportation system.

San Antonio's public utility CPS Energy released an energy plan a few months ago that includes burning coal for another two decades. But it looks like they’re asking for public input, which means that San Antonio residents have a chance to show up…

A wood pellet company is polluting at ten times the rate it's supposed to. Time for pollution controls? Nope. TCEQ wants to just make their air pollution permit match the higher amount.

There has been an enormous amount of aid approved for hurricane recovery - about $200 billion (roughly half slated for Texas). So it’s worth taking a closer look at what’s going on.

San Francisco's local Community Choice power provider CleanPowerSF now offers cleaner energy at cheaper rates than PG&E. The same goes for MCE, whose default program costs its Marin, Napa, and Contra Costa County customers 2-5% less than PG&…

How and where we build the necessary housing has serious implications for both people and planet. The Bay Chapter advocates for affordable, infill development in "Priority Development Areas" in order to house the growing population in a way that…

In 2010 MCE was formed in Marin County as California’s first Community Choice program — a game-changing alternative to the investor-owned utility model that enables cities and counties to pool electricity customers and form a local power agency.…

On April 30th, Alameda County Supervisors Scott Haggerty and Nate Miley convened in Livermore a special meeting of the Transportation and Planning Committee board. The purpose of the gathering was to get district input on amending Measure D, the…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a community meeting on June 5, 2018, to update the public on progress toward removal of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site (SJRWPSS). About 85 people attended the meeting. Vince Ryan…