Blog posts from around the country
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
The Sunrise Movement is pressing the Democratic National Committee to make at least one presidential debate focus entirely on our most dire existential emergency, climate change. This played out in July in a six hour training session, followed the…
Pennsylvania Chapter
Happy September! It’s been a pretty quiet summer in Harrisburg, but things are going to get busy soon and we would like to share some thoughts on the legislative outlook for the remainder of the year.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
In 1728, John Bartram (1699-1777), a third generation Pennsylvania Quaker,
bought 102 acres of land on the west side of the Schuylkill River from Swedish settlers
and began systematically exploring the New World from Florida to New England,
bringing…
North Carolina Chapter
The U.S. Forest Service has been working for the past three years on a new management plan for the Pisgah and Nantahala. This plan will cover everything from road-building, logging and resource extraction to hiking, camping, hunting and fishing on…
Lone Star Chapter
Austin Energy’s recently-announced Working Group to Update the Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan (Resource Plan) for early 2020 may open a door to even more cost-effective renewable energy and energy efficiency goals—with plenty of…
Washington DC Chapter
The Sierra Club DC Chapter wrote to the Department of Energy and Environment to request a strong energy efficiency regime that will allow a cost-effective transition off fracked gas.
Middle Tennessee Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
We hear about climate change daily and with growing concern about our future and about the future of our planet. Sunrise members will tell us about the actions they are taking to make climate change an urgent priority
Santa Barbara Group / Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter / California
Let's start building our renewable energy future. Support the Strauss wind energy project.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Join fellow Sierra Club members and friends at Memorial Park in Albany for an afternoon of good cheer, good food, and good company at our annual potluck picnic.