Blog posts from around the country
Washington DC Chapter
Want to show your support for the DC Chapter of the Sierra Club? Purchase a shirt using our group order form from Custom Ink before our August 31st deadline.
Maryland Chapter
Only part of the cost of coal is built into our electric bills. Much of the cost is passed on to everyone and the environment, but these external costs are not often quantified. However, an excellent paper by Epstein, et. al., "Full cost accounting…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
A new cement float for harbor seals was delivered to Alameda Point on June 22. It is the first float of its kind on the West Coast. With seals starting to use the new platform, a milestone has been reached culminating two-and-a-half years of…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Finally, overcoming opposition from its own staff, the board of directors of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) set a date — May 2017 — to vote on a plan that would set enforceable numeric limits on pollution from oil refineries:…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Born in a country where backpacking is almost unknown, Thomas Meissner didn’t strap on a genuine sleeping-bag-and-supply pack until he was in his 30s—but for the past 22 years, he has not only trotted the trails and set up camp in the wild—he has…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Join fellow Sierra Club members for an afternoon of good cheer, good food, and good company at our annual potluck picnic.
North Star Chapter
Dakota County has decided to leave the CTIB (County Transit Improvement Board). The CTIB allegedly retaliated by refusing to fill a $12 million gap from the failed bonding bill with CTIB funds; this puts the Orange Line in jeopardy as the bulk of…
Lone Star Chapter
A new environmental challenge heating up over the last decade is the rapid decline of honeybees. Colony Collapse Disorder - or CCD - is being reported worldwide. The key suspect is a new group of pesticides – nicotine-like substances called “…