Blog posts from around the country

Maryland Chapter
This spring bills were introduced in the Annapolis City Council and the Anne Arundel County Council to ban the use of expanded polystyrene (EPS) food containers by food service establishments. The Annapolis bill (O-22-18) is alive and on track. The…
Florida Chapter
Sierra Club believes the EAA Reservoir is an integral component of the CERP that could help solve South Florida's water crisis and restore the invaluable Everglades ecosystem.
Toiyabe Chapter
“Question 3 has been sold to voters as a way to get more renewable energy online in Nevada, but it will actually make it more difficult. There will be years of market uncertainty as the legislature figures out how to implement complex restructuring…
North Star Chapter
We can use equity in a sentence… “Here at___we strive to achieve equity for all citizens”, but what does that mean? What does it weigh? How can we as people go about defining fairness in relatively complex world? The question of equity is at the…
North Star Chapter
Finally, some good news! The PolyMet rider was removed from the federal defense spending bill. Sierra Club activists (that’s you!) spoke up alongside numerous partner organizations to fight back against PolyMet's sweetheart deal to trade public…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Since its founding in the late 1960’s, the Houston Sierra Club (Sierra Club) and its more than 5,000 members have been interested in and advocated for flood management that not only “Keeps people out of harm’s way” but also “Works with and not…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Back in 2007, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission took the important and necessary step to prohibit the commercial collection of all freshwater turtles in Texas EXCEPT for four species. Unfortunately, the red-eared slider... (Read more)
Delta Chapter
After interviewing agent Chris Davis, our Scenic Rivers Act enforcer for LDWF, I asked him to respond to ten written questions which I had asked the LTRA to submit to him, and I now submit these responses to you. You will see that there is one…
Wisconsin Chapter
Wisconsinites should be able to trust that officials will do their job and keep their air safe from dangerous pollution. This is an area already in crisis because of pollution from nearby coal plants and other big polluters. When corporate owners…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
This is a basic primer on U.S. Forest Service (FS) timber management on the federal National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT), the Sabine, Angelina, Davy Crockett and Sam Houston National Forests.... (Read more)