Blog posts from around the country

Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
The newly released report on the threat posed by climate change and the proposed mitigation efforts. Opening statements by Governor Cooper give credit to state agencies that worked to create the plan under the governor's Executive Order 80.
North Star Chapter
Obviously, COVID-19 made a big impact on the session. It would be easy to blame the virus for every missed opportunity. But after an initial halt, legislators adapted to holding remote hearings conducted online. So it wasn’t the virus that prevented…
Wisconsin Chapter
Over the past few weeks and into the future, we will be sharing a range of resources related to racial justice, police brutality and environmental racism.
Lone Star Chapter
We must continuously read, watch, and listen to Black voices with the intent to learn how to recognize white privilege and manifestations of systemic racism, unlearn the habits and social practices built on that system and privilege, and act to…
Washington State Chapter
The fossil fuel industry is on the ropes: coal is permanently declining and oil companies are announcing bankruptcy left and right. But a third fossil fuel is still expanding into our communities every day: “natural” gas. Now the industry has…
Washington DC Chapter
The Sierra Club DC Chapter's Clean Energy Committee wrote to the DC Council noting that the proposed raid on the Green Building Fund will make it harder for DC to achieve its climate commitments and asking that the proposed raid be removed from the…
Georgia Chapter
Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune and Jessica Morehead, Chapter Director of the Sierra Club Georgia Chapter, released the following statement in response to the murder of Rayshard Brooks.
Lone Star Chapter
Austin, TX- Today, the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club joined others at a Texas Railroad Commission open meeting to call on the Commission to completely eliminate routine flaring -- and associated unlit flaring and venting -- by 2025. Sierra…
Georgia Chapter
The Sierra Club Georgia Chapter has added its name to a growing list of organizations who support immediate passage of anti-Hate Crime legislation, HB 426, in the Georgia Legislature.
Florida Chapter
To honor Black lives and to lay a path to freedom for future generations, the Movement for Black Lives is calling for Six Nineteen mobilization this weekend, June 19-21, 2020, where we will make a clear and distinct call to end police violence and…