Blog posts from around the country
Lone Star Chapter
We are extremely excited to announce that we are hiring for three, YES THREE!, new positions to start in early 2016. Two will be located in Austin and one in the Rio Grande Valley. Interested?
Lone Star Chapter
Over the last fifty years, most of the power in ERCOT has come from natural gas and coal, with some from two large nuclear power plants. The traditional Big Three—natural gas, coal, and nuclear—however, are getting competition from cleaner and more…
Washington DC Chapter
Last week, the DC Chapter sponsored the screening of a new environmental movie released by Discovery Channel called "Racing Extinction".
Santa Cruz Group / Ventana Chapter / California
It's that time of year again when we get to vote on members of the Local Sierra Club Executive Committee. This year we have 3 seats up for a vote on the Committee with 4 excellent candidates to choose from. Watch your mailbox for your ballot to…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
It had been a long time since Jane, Kelly, and I had gone birding. A few years ago it was not unusual for all three of us to enjoy the outdoors together but the pull of environmental work, family responsibilities, and life had kept us
Maine Chapter
Fellow Sierra Club Maine volunteer leader Joan Saxe and I are packing our bags and preparing for our trip to Paris to join other Sierra Club members at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference(UNFCCC) which is at the end of its first week…
Angeles Chapter
Five new and re-elected members have been chosen to serve on the Angeles Chapter's Executive Committee in elections that ended Dec. 1.
Florida Chapter
Activists delivered more than 720 petitions to the City Commission demanding clean energy and the closure of one of the last coal plants in the state.