Blog posts from around the country

New Jersey Chapter
Today environmental groups, activists, families, and more will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Although this landmark event will be different than any other due to the fact that people around the world are quarantined at home during the…
New Jersey Chapter
The DEP announced that NJ will invest $45 million to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. The $45 million will come from New Jersey’s $72.2 million share of the national Volkswagen settlement.
Thomas Hart Benton Group / Missouri Chapter / Kansas City Missouri
Please show your support for our invaluable local public parks that are available to us during this Covid pandemic as well as state and national parks that we will visit in the future. Please click on the title or the Sierra Club logo to find out…
Thomas Hart Benton Group / Missouri Chapter / Kansas City Missouri
What we're about NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sierra Club has cancelled all in-person events and outings between March 21st and June 14th, 2020. Only online events may be conducted during this time. Please click on the title of this…
New Jersey Chapter
The American Lung Association released its 2020 State of the Air report showing New Jersey continues to have some of the most polluted air in the nation. Nine counties in New Jersey earned F’s for ground-level ozone pollution, also known as smog.…
New Jersey Chapter
New Jersey unveiled the final Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Strategic Funding Plan. RGGI is made up of ten Mid-Atlantic and New England states that uses a reduction and auction process to encourage more market efficiencies, investments…
Massachusetts Chapter
The outbreak of COVID-19 has already had an incredibly detrimental impact on the health and safety of Massachusetts residents, especially those with asthma or other pre-existing respiratory conditions.
Washington State Chapter
However despite our best social distancing efforts, Sierra Club was disappointed to learn that fossil fuel construction projects have been deemed “essential” and are being exempt from the critical rules of social distancing. Time and time again,…
Maryland Chapter
Re: Equity in Sacrifice - Immediate Novel COVID-19 Pandemic Protections for Essential and Transit-Reliant Workers, Operators, People of Color, and Other Marginalized Communities From:
Santa Barbara Group / Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter / California
The City of Goleta voted Tuesday (4/21) to hit the accelerator on electric vehicles in advance of Earth Day. It will amend its building code to streamline permitting for electric car charging stations.