Blog posts from around the country

Santa Lucia Chapter
Faced with a ballot initiative that would rein in the oil industry on the Central Coast, Big Oil is lying about it before it can get on the ballot.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Houston Sierra Club members often ask how they can help the Houston Sierra Club. They want to know how they can participate in the good work that the Houston Sierra Club does. There is a very simple answer... (Read more)
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
On June 11, 2018, Colonel Lars N. Zetterstrom, Commanding Officer at the Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, granted a 75-day public comment period for the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study and Environmental…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
In January 2017, the Richmond City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Richmond Hills Initiative, thereby protecting from development 430 acres of ecologically rich hillside land in the El Sobrante Valley of Richmond. Soon afterwards, the…
Ohio
On Saturday, June 2nd, over 50 clean energy advocates from across Ohio traveled to Columbus for a training day organized by Sierra Club’s Ready For 100 Campaign Team. Representatives from nearly 25 communities throughout Ohio and West Virginia…
Wisconsin Chapter
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is accepting comments for the Strategic Energy Assessment, which 'profiles the state’s electric system including past and future electric energy needs and sources of supply, electric rates and bills, and the…
Florida Chapter
Broward County Commissioners unanimously voted to purchase five zero-emission buses and to issue a Request for Proposal to purchase an additional ten buses in the future.
North Star Chapter
We talked with Steve Ring, chair of the Water and Wetlands (WW) committee, about the committee’s work and current initiatives. This committee works to protect Minnesota’s waters, including lakes, rivers, wetlands, and groundwater.
Middle Tennessee Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
On June 18, 2018, Sierra Club MTG ICO hosted Elementary students from Youth Encouragement Services for a hike at Hidden Lake.