Blog posts from around the country

Massachusetts Chapter
The Following is a letter by our Executive Committee Secretary and Outings Chair Robert Kearns to the Massachusetts Culvert and Small Bridge Working Group. Robert is a recent graduate of UMass Amherst, a Braintree resident, and a lifelong…
Maryland Chapter
Maryland Sierra Club worked with a variety of partners to organize and consolidate a range of technical comments on the expansion of I-495 and I-270.
Lone Star Chapter
The Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter is proud to welcome Brittney VanCuran to our team as the newest Environmental Communications Intern!
Ohio
Statement: Ohio Fails to Protect Drinking Water and Ohio RIver
Pennsylvania Chapter
Welcome to our third online-only edition of the Sylvanian, our long-running Chapter Newsletter!
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Developed and produced by two local Sierra Club members and environmental activists, Meenal Raval and Tanya Seaman, Philly Talks Climate has just reached its thirteenth episode, How Active Transportation is a Climate Solution.
Maryland Chapter
On Wednesday, June 5th, the Maryland Board of Public Works voted 2-1 to greenlight moving forward on expansion of I-495 and I-270. Governor Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot cast their votes in favor of designating the I-495 and I-270…
Maryland Chapter
A bipartisan bill was just introduced in the Senate to allocate money to fight Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.  It's called   Ticks: Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act.  
Pennsylvania Chapter
Sierra Club has taken on the issue of plastics, particularly single-use plastics. So I have been trying to live without single use plastics and it seems I have to give up a lot more than just single use plastics since most packaging is, at least…
Pennsylvania Chapter
I just finished reading two novels (Barkskins by Annie Proulx and The Overstory by Richard Power) with no thought that the themes might connect. Both are about our profligate use of trees and destruction of forests. I was primed for the topic…