Blog posts from around the country
San Francisco Bay Chapter
In 2010 MCE was formed in Marin County as California’s first Community Choice program — a game-changing alternative to the investor-owned utility model that enables cities and counties to pool electricity customers and form a local power agency.…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
On April 30th, Alameda County Supervisors Scott Haggerty and Nate Miley convened in Livermore a special meeting of the Transportation and Planning Committee board. The purpose of the gathering was to get district input on amending Measure D, the…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a community meeting on June 5, 2018, to update the public on progress toward removal of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site (SJRWPSS). About 85 people attended the meeting. Vince Ryan…
Florida Chapter
The Miami-Dade County Commission approved land use and zoning changes that will allow a developer to replace wetlands and farmland with the largest mega mall in the U.S. in Southeast Florida.
North Star Chapter
The Student Sierra Coalition at the University of Minnesota Rochester (UMR) closed out their second year with an expanded air quality study and a petition for 100 percent renewable energy on campus. Since August 2017, the SSC has collaborated with…
North Star Chapter
The 2018 session of the Minnesota Legislature adjourned on May 20. With big ticket items such as the tax bill and the supplemental budget omnibus bill being vetoed, fewer significant provisions overall became law this year than in any of the…
Pennsylvania Chapter
Welcome to our first-ever online-only edition of the Sylvanian, our long-running Chapter Newsletter! See below for our table of contents and then read on to learn about our awesome newsletter team.
Cherokee Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
Monday June 9, 7-8:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 3224 Navajo Dr., Chattanooga. (Note where you see June 3, that is just the date this was posted)