Blog posts from around the country
Great Waters Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
Miss connecting with environmentalists? Join us online July 9 for another social gathering from the comfort of your own home or yard. This is a great way to meet like-minded people, catch up with Sierra Club members and learn more about the Great…
Lone Star Chapter
The Bureau of Land Management has withdrawn oil and gas leases that would have allowed fracking under Lake Lewisville, the drinking water supply for Dallas, Denton and other Texas cities.
North Star Chapter
The Inspiring Connections Outdoors (ICO), North Star Chapter joins organizations in the Twin Cities and beyond in mourning and condemning the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. His murder is the most recent example in…
North Star Chapter
All Minnesotans -- Black, white, urban, rural, Indigenous and immigrant -- are tied together. We share one home, and we are therefore united in making our communities and planet healthy for all who live here. Yet the inhumane daily assaults on…
Florida Chapter
By signing Senate Bill 172, Gov. DeSantis harms home rule, strips Key West of its reef protection sunscreen ordinance and jeopardizes one of Florida's most precious and unique natural resources.
Florida Chapter
Gov. DeSantis surprised no one today when he signed the misnamed "Clean Waterways Act," SB 712, after it was escorted to passage in both chambers of the Legislature by Florida DEP Secretary Noah Valenstein.
Virginia Chapter
Gustavo Angeles, Environmental Justice Program Coordinator for the Sierra Club issued the following statement in response:
“Projects like the Chickahominy Gas Plant continue systemic environmental injustice, forcing vulnerable populations and…
Washington State Chapter
When I first heard of the concept of reparations as a high school student, I used my immigrant status to avoid taking any responsibility for the racial inequalities that exist in the US. But, as I grew into my late 20s, and with help from anti-…
Washington State Chapter
As an environmental organization, it may seem strange for us to be taking a stance on policing issues. Many know the Sierra Club for our work on national parks, clean energy, salmon restoration, and the like. But at the heart of all of these issues…