Blog posts from around the country

We are excited to announce three new additions to the Sierra Club’s Texas team. Kristal Ibarra-Rodríguez is our new Volunteer Coordinator based in Austin, Greg Harman is our new Clean Energy Organizer based in San Antonio, and Bryan Parras is our…

 By Abby RussoCommunications Intern

During the first 8 weeks of the project, Energy Transfer Partners Rover Pipeline construction crews racked up 31 violations of the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act.

RGV Organizer, Bekah Hinojosa, travels all the way to Paris, France to speak directly to several of the banks lined up to finance the Texas LNG and Rio Grande LNG projects and urge them to divest from the destructive projects that threaten her home.

The Houston People’s Climate March was held on April 29, 2017, at Clinton Park located just outside of the 610 East Loop in Houston. It was estimated that there were between 400 to 500 people in attendance. There were speeches by Mayor Sylvester…

PSEG will close their remaining coal plants in New Jersey at the end of the week. Neither Hudson nor Mercer Generating station has cleared the PJM capacity auction for the prior two years. By 2020 Brideport Plant in Connecticut will also be closed.…

Phoenix, AZ – The context of the 53rd Legislature, First Regular Session, included the backdrop of efforts to weaken and eliminate environmental protections at the federal level. Laws such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered…

Phoenix, AZ – El contexto de la 53ra Legislatura, Primer Período Ordinario de Sesiones, incluyó un fondo de esfuerzos para debilitar y eliminar protecciones medioambientales a nivel federal. Leyes tales como la Ley de Aire Limpio, Ley de Agua Limpia…

After nearly a year of legal lockup, Vargas Plateau Regional Park is once again welcoming hikers, bikers, and horse riders! On May 15, the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) reopened the 1,200-acre Fremont area park, which had been closed by…