Blog posts from around the country

Angeles Chapter
Lone Star Chapter
This week will be pivotal to the future of Texas at the Capitol, and you can make a difference! We have some good news, and some bad in terms of bills getting hearings this week and next week.
Harvey Broome Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
On this fantastic fall day, Bob Perlack led nine hikers of the Harvey Broome Group of the Sierra Club on this 7-mile hike (1100 foot elev gain) in the Laurel Snow State Natural Area, near Dayton TN, the home of the famous 1925 Scopes Trail.
Harvey Broome Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
One in a series of Harvey Broome Group "saunters" led by Mac Post this year. We hiked a short distance on the Appalachian Trail between Indian Gap and Newfound Gap, always above 5,000 feet.
Wisconsin Chapter
Once again, our beautiful Blue Mounds State Park is under threat. In 2017, many of you raised your voices in support of a “silent” state park. We are asking that you once again weigh in on the need to keep this beautiful park silent and routing any…
Redwood Chapter
By Joe Feller, Solano Group Chair
Redwood Chapter
Our newest staff organizer, Terilyn Chen, will work across three Northern California Sierra Club chapters — the San Francisco Bay Chapter, the Redwood Chapter, and the Mother Lode Chapter. What do these three chapters all have in common?
Alabama Chapter
Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues, and Earth Day 2019 occurs on Monday, April 22. The holiday is now a global celebration that's sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
At our Bay Area Sierra Club’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 17, speaker Jordan Adams will talk about solar panels on your house. A panel of members and friends who currently have solar panels will also speak about their experiences and the…
North Star Chapter
Today, the U.S. Army Corp announced the issuance of the Section 404 permit, the final permit needed for the proposed PolyMet NorthMet Mine near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota.