Blog posts from around the country
Washington State Chapter
On June 22, 2019, the Chapter’s Water and Salmon Committee held an outing to the Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge, led by Phyllis Farrell of the South Sound Group.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
On Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to approve a groundbreaking ordinance that prohibits the installation of polluting gas infrastructure for new buildings. This is an important step toward clean, healthy, and affordable…
Lone Star Chapter
For each of the more than 50 vetoes dealt by Abbott this session, he explained his reasoning, calling most of them “good bills gone bad.” That was certainly true of SB 1804 by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, his veto of HB 1059 shows that he still has a long…
Wisconsin Chapter
Check out our webinar! This past week the Sierra Club Wildlife Team presented on why Gray Wolves should remain on the Endangered Species list, as the Wisconsin Gray Wolves are facing being delisted by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The…
Wisconsin Chapter
Local governments make a difference and are demonstrating strong leadership here in Wisconsin. Across Wisconsin, communities are taking the lead in the transition to clean energy, in safeguarding us from factory farms and other threats, and more.…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The Sierra Club will hold 2019-2020 elections for the San Francisco Bay Chapter Executive Committees (ExComms) and its eight group ExComms this fall. These elected positions provide critical leadership for the Sierra Club, steering the Sierra Club’s…
Washington DC Chapter
The Sierra Club DC Chapter executive committee approved a resolution calling on electoral candidates in DC to use the Fair Election public financing program.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
For almost ten years now the Sierra Club’s all-volunteer Tree Team has been planting trees in public and private spaces in Oakland. To date we’ve planted over 1,900 trees. Now our program has been expanded to pay more attention to the trees after…
Grand Canyon Chapter
PHOENIX— Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today for leasing 4,200 acres of public lands for oil and gas extraction in Arizona’s Little Colorado River basin without any new environmental review.