Blog posts from around the country
Angeles Chapter
Everyone’s favorite zombie water project is baaaack… but there’s a move afoot to lay it to rest for good with a new state law, AB 1000.
North Carolina Chapter
The bill contained a small amount of funding to address GenX contamination of the Cape Fear River, falling far short of a request Cooper made to the Legislature to state agency work to investigate not only GenX, but drinking water contaminants…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The oil industry lobbied hard for a provision in the cap-and-trade bill that prevents local air districts from imposing regulations to lower carbon dioxide emissions from refineries. This provision has further complicated — but should not prevent —…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
One of the smartest ways to house everyone is also the best bet for the environment: ramping up development of affordable housing in transit-rich urban areas — a strategy that reduces displacement-fueled sprawl that gobbles up open space and…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
This summer, the Sierra Club’s San Francisco Group organized a community forum with the Club’s executive director Michael Brune and local environmental-justice leaders to ask how we can take action locally to defend our environment and our…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Contra Costa's transportation plan directs 47% of its funds to freeway and roadway projects, so it's no surprise that driving is projected to increase — despite the fact that the County plan is supposed to support a goal of reducing greenhouse gas…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The Sierra Club’s executive director Michael Brune will be the keynote speaker for the Bay Chapter’s 7th annual David Brower Dinner fundraiser, to be held Saturday, October 7th from 5 to 8 pm at San Francisco’s Delancey Street Town Hall. For a…