Blog posts from around the country

Santa Lucia Chapter
As the sun sets on coal, oil and nukes, a new day is dawning.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The Clipper Cove marina planning process will now move forward based on a MUCH smaller marina design, one matching the footprint of the Minimum Impact design put together by the Treasure Island Sailing Center. The vast majority of the Cove will…
North Carolina Chapter
Lawmakers are moving fast to pass laws before the "short session" ends, rounding out the week with a Senate vote to override Governor Cooper's budget veto and tentative approval of a stinker of a Farm Act. Cassie Gavin gives an update.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Last year, Sierra Club members and activists helped us pass legislation to create the first state-level Buy Clean policy in the country to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The policy requires State agencies to purchase…
Maryland Chapter
Yesterday, Wednesday 6/6, Sierra Club members and volunteers joined with people across the Mid-Atlantic region in participating in a “listening session” event in Wilmington, DE to discuss how we can transform our transportation system.
Lone Star Chapter
San Antonio's public utility CPS Energy released an energy plan a few months ago that includes burning coal for another two decades. But it looks like they’re asking for public input, which means that San Antonio residents have a chance to show up…
Lone Star Chapter
A wood pellet company is polluting at ten times the rate it's supposed to. Time for pollution controls? Nope. TCEQ wants to just make their air pollution permit match the higher amount.
Lone Star Chapter
There has been an enormous amount of aid approved for hurricane recovery - about $200 billion (roughly half slated for Texas). So it’s worth taking a closer look at what’s going on.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
San Francisco's local Community Choice power provider CleanPowerSF now offers cleaner energy at cheaper rates than PG&E. The same goes for MCE, whose default program costs its Marin, Napa, and Contra Costa County customers 2-5% less than PG&…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
How and where we build the necessary housing has serious implications for both people and planet. The Bay Chapter advocates for affordable, infill development in "Priority Development Areas" in order to house the growing population in a way that…