Blog posts from around the country

North Star Chapter
This month, we are spotlighting Mateo, whose videography work to inspire others to join in fighting for our planet will be shared later in July.
Tennessee Chapter
Sierra Club Tennessee Chapter Summer 2019 Retreat July 26-28 at Cedars of Lebanon State Park
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Summary of Items: Houston recycling sent to landfills. "Clothes the Loop" clothing and shoe recycling. Cigarette waste - new solutions for world's most littered trash. Efforts in the Texas Legislature to address plastic pollution were unsuccessful,…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
About 10 years ago, the Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT) bridge, across the East Fork of the San Jacinto River, in the Magnolia Section (between FM 2025 and FM 945/Butch Arthur Road), was damaged by a flood. Since that time, the bridge has been closed…
North Carolina Chapter
The spotlight at the General Assembly this week was on the fight over gerrymandered districts. But, Cassie Gavin writes, some unappealing environmental bills moved forward through the process at the same time.
Maryland Chapter
You are about to read one of the most exciting sentences I have had the pleasure to type at the Sierra Club… Solar generated more electricity than coal this April in Maryland! You read that correctly. April 2019 was historic for the entire nation…
Lone Star Chapter
The Save RGV from LNG Coalition and the Sierra Club attended the Port of Brownsville Commissioner’s meeting to make public comments and held a protest outside against the proposed Rio Grande LNG and the Rio Bravo pipeline projects. Simultaneously,…
Ohio
The unfortunate passage of HB6, the coal and nuclear bailout bill, on July 23rd would not have come to fruition without the help of three Democratic State Senators and nine Democratic State Representatives, who broke with their party and ignored the…
Massachusetts Chapter
It’s only a week before the legislature is scheduled to go on August recess. Typically the summer is a slow time at the State House, but we’re working hard to keep pressure on our state policymakers.
North Star Chapter
When you stood up and asked our utility to consider the goal you were all but laughed out of the room. When you asked Public Transit to consider electrifying buses, you were told it was unreasonable. When you said we had a responsibility to act on…