Blog posts from around the country

Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for April 2019. Click the title to see the news this month.
Delta Chapter
The 2019 Louisiana Legislative session convenes Monday, April 8 - and we're ready. Already we see pre-filed bills we oppose seeking to tax electric vehicles and reduce limits on hazardous waste polluters, as well as measures we support set to…
San Gorgonio Chapter
Nature Scientist Alexander HumboltThe monthly meeting of the Los Serranos Group of the Sierra Club is Tuesday, April 16, at 7:00 PM.  Our evening presentation will be by Walter Roth, who will talk about the life and accomplishments of…
Maryland Chapter
ANNAPOLIS, MD - With just five days left during the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session, a coalition of elected officials and civic leaders today urged the Maryland Senate to pass The P3 Transportation Safeguards Act (House Bill 1091). The bill…
Washington DC Chapter
The DC Chapter's Clean Energy Committee submitted written testimony to the DC Council about the lack of charging infrastructure for electric taxicabs and enforcing the requirement for Washington Gas to transition its business away from fossil fuels.
Maryland Chapter
Annapolis, MD - On Wednesday, April 3rd, local elected officials and advocates from Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick Counties are calling on the Maryland Senate to pass legislation that would provide common-sense safeguards for taxpayers,…
Alabama Chapter
Because of potential harsh weather Thursday evening (April 18), and possible hazardous driving conditions, Auburn-Montgomery personnel have asked us to postpone our meeting scheduled for that date. The meeting, with Catherine Coleman Flowers as our…
Cherokee Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
Susan Hendershot, president of Interfaith Power and Light and Ken Kimmel, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists are doing their first joint speaking tour on the intersection of faith, science, and climate solutions.
Maryland Chapter
On March 27th, the Sierra Club and other members of the Get Maryland Moving Coalition convened at the Baltimore Metropolitan Council to testify in support of a bold aggressive 25-year transit plan for the Greater Baltimore Region. As it’s now in its…
Santa Barbara Group / Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter / California
So many opponents turned out to comment at the oil hearing on ERGs project and Cat Canyon oil expansion on March 13th, the Planning Commission ran out of time to discuss and continued the item to March 27 and then May 29.