Blog posts from around the country

Ventura Sierra Club / Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter / California
Thru-hiking is a getting more popular and why not? Who can resist the challenge of self-sufficiency living on foot for miles and miles and getting out of the urban setting for days on end! All while being immersed and up close to nature
North Carolina Chapter
As the NC General Assembly prepares for its short session, we look at how lawmakers might act to help - or hold back - wind energy development. A wind study is under way and a moratorium on new wind energy projects expires at the end of 2018. When…
Ohio
Ohio has seen no shortage of pipeline spills and other accidents associated with fracking, yet the industry keeps trying to expand. We need your help today to stop Shell's proposed new fracked gas liquids pipeline in eastern Ohio and to keep dirty…
Alabama Chapter
Wednesday, May 16 at noon! Join us in person at the Alabama Rivers Alliance (ARA) office with your lunch OR from your own desk online! ARA presents Stephen Stetson's highly praised workshop from Alabama Water Rally UP IN SMOKE: COAL IN ALABAMA AND…
Allegheny Group, Pennsylvania Chapter / Pennsylvania Chapter / Pennsylvania
Learn why members of the Clean Rivers Campaign showed up at the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority Board carrying a four foot high “big letter” signed by hundreds of ratepayers and Sierra club members from across the region.
Alabama Chapter
Outings, events, etc across Alabama
Delta Chapter
Cherelle Blazer, of the Sierra Club, said Louisiana is brimming with opportunities for sustainable practices like solar-powered electricity. She hopes local governments and electric co-ops use their numbers to affect change, since the state is…
Ohio
Have you noticed that plastic is everywhere? Restaurants, grocery stores, parks, and rivers. It is hard to get away from plastic, if not impossible. It takes a lot of planning and even outright refusal to not consume plastic.
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
Saturday, May 19, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon - meet behind Discovery Place Nature Center, 1658 Sterling Rd., Charlotte 
Lone Star Chapter
UPDATE: Today, Denton City Council voted unanimously to approve a 100 megawatt (enough to power 23,000 homes) solar contract, a great big step forward on 100% renewable energy!