Blog posts from around the country
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The Sand Creek area in south Antioch, located in eastern Contra Costa County, encompasses 1,850 acres of ranch and farmland. It is habitat for San Joaquin kit foxes, California red-legged frogs, tiger salamanders, burrowing owls, and a variety of…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Despite the outpouring of public support for the SF Employees’ Retirement Board (SFERS) to divest from fossil fuels, the Retirement Board failed, at a recent meeting, to vote for full divestment with a timed deadline. They opted instead for a…
Oregon Chapter
As we fight the constant brutality of the fossil fuels industry, feeling stuck in perpetual whack-a-cockroach mode, we are confronted with the fact that there is no honor among cannibals. These exploiters know full well that we are in the throes of…
Wisconsin Chapter
Now in its fourth year, The Big Share is a single day of online giving hosted by Community Shares of Wisconsin to raise funds and support for nearly 70 grassroots nonprofits working social justice and environmental protection here in Wisconsin.&n
Lone Star Chapter
In early January, Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke released a draft offshore drilling five-year plan that proposed an unprecedented expansion of offshore drilling into nearly all of America’s waters. The Bureau of Ocean Energy…
Montgomery County / Maryland Chapter / Maryland
Sierra Club Lobby Night On February 26th, activists from the Montgomery County Group and its Executive Committee, along with activists from around the state, gathered to lobby our legislators on Sierra Club's key bill
Delta Chapter
Several Louisiana-based environmental and conservation groups sued the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Administrator Scott Pruitt last week, asking a federal court to reverse recent EPA actions to weaken water pollution standards for…
Washington DC Chapter
We appreciate the opportunity to present our views on the oversight of the Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE). Today, we limit today’s testimony to four major issues: the Solar for All Program, our electric grid, an expanded water…