Blog posts from around the country
Virginia Chapter
This summer, the Virginia Chapter sponsored a series of webinars exploring the broad array of job opportunities for Virginians, and the educational and training programs supporting Virginia’s entrance into this exciting new industry. See be
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
An Overview of the Region H Initially Prepared Water Plan (Released for Public Review and Comment in March 2020 / Comment Deadline: June 28, 2020)....
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Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Ken Kramer, Water Resources Chair, Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club
As reported in the previous Breaking Waves Update to The Water Column, the Region H Water Planning Group has scheduled a public hearing via webinar and telephone conference call on…
North Star Chapter
350.org co-founder Jamie Henn has complied a jaw-dropping list of fossil fuel COVID-19 grifts in the works. In Minnesota too, there are troubling developments.
Lone Star Chapter
Texas has been sheltering-in-place, more or less, since mid-March in most major cities and throughout the state since March 31. The decline in economic activity combined with increased residential energy use, since people are staying home much more…
Lone Star Chapter
Today, the Sierra Club announced the Texas rollout of a new “polluter watchdog” program, by issuing Freedom of Information ACT (FOIA) and Texas Public Information Act requests to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Recently, Tom Smith, a retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee, died. The Houston Sierra Club gave Tom a Special Service Award in 2004 for his work acquiring land for the National Wildlife Refuge System....
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Santa Barbara Group / Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter / California
Collective action is bending the coronavirus curve. Is it possible collective action could bend the climate curve as well? Today on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we offer these practical actions that could make the world a better place if we…
Washington DC Chapter
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a coalition of environmental, faith, labor, civic, consumer and student groups, as well as clean energy businesses, asked the DC Council to ensure that Washington Gas meets DC's climate commitments and the…