Blog posts from around the country
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for July 2019. Click the title to see the news this month.
Chicago Group / Sierra Club Illinois Chapter / Illinois
Chicago is making national headlines because a pair of piping plovers have chosen to nest on Montrose Beach. This is the first time in decades that this critically endangered species has attempted to nest on a Chicago Beach.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The community-led campaign to get coal out of Richmond is moving forward. On Thursday, July 18th, the Planning Commission will vote on an ordinance that would phase out current coal and petroleum coke storage and handling at Richmond’s Levin…
Oregon Chapter
The 2019 Legislative Session was one of the most bizarre the Oregon Sierra Club has taken part in, but as of about 5.30pm on Sunday, June 30, the Oregon Legislature adjourned sine die. Anyone paying even the least bit of attention to the news could…
Santa Lucia Chapter
After decades of trying to help the California Department of Parks and Recreation find a way to make off-highway vehicle recreation and the preservation of environmentally sensitive habitat somehow fit together in the Oceano Dunes ecosystem, Coastal…
Virginia Chapter
Coal contains toxins such as arsenic, lead, mercury, nickel, chromium and selenium, said Ann Creasy, who works on Hampton Roads community outreach for the Sierra Club's Virginia Chapter.
"I think there is likely more information to be gained about…
Maryland Chapter
Nature is a wonderful world we have right outside our window. With summer materializing in sunflowers and warmer temperatures, the Sierra Club is offering more opportunities to get outside with fellow members! So shake off those rain jackets, and…
Lone Star Chapter
The Texas grid operator ERCOT received a notification from the City of Garland that the Gibbons Creek Generating Station will be retired permanently as of October 23, 2019.