Blog posts from around the country

Maryland Chapter
Baltimore’s Beyond Coal team has been hard at work this summer on several fronts in our battle to clean up Baltimore’s dirty air, transition from our antiquated and poorly-regulated coal-fired power plants, and grow cleaner, greener energy sources.…
Lone Star Chapter
Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter announced its annual environmental award recipients at a special banquet in Addison, Texas, on Saturday. The awards recognize and reward efforts of volunteers, organizations, staff, and others that reflect Sierra Club…
Washington DC Chapter
Congratulations to the Sierra Club's Maryland Chapter and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) for successfully pushing the Maryland Public Service Commission to adopt ambitious new energy efficiency targets for Maryland's electric utilit
Lone Star Chapter
In 2016, the U.S. Forest Service (FS) will begin a four-year process to revise the existing National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) forest plan. Usually, forest plans are revised every 10-15 years. However, our existing forest plan is…
Maryland Chapter
Join The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and the Maryland Commission on Climate Change for a discussion on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan. This is a fantastic opportunity to find out how the state is doing, meet Commissioners and…
Orange-Chatham Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
Over 1,000 people are expected to come together to enjoy a week-long event that includes over 150 organized hikes, entertainment, exhibits and more in beautiful Shenandoah valley. Runs July 17-24.
Upper Columbia River - UCRSierraClub.org / Washington State Chapter / Washington
Spokane River In Terrible Trouble: Pump the Aquifer, Rob the River
Lone Star Chapter
Years of civil rights complaints have gone unexamined by the EPA, and this week Earthjustice filed a lawsuit on behalf of several groups, including the Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter, to compel the EPA to fulfill its duties to enforce Title VI of…
Santa Lucia Chapter
Pismo, Grover, A.G., Oceano, Paso and Atascadero need to catch up – quick -- to the rest of the state on oil trains.
Maryland Chapter
As six year-old Tal Kosten stood before the audience, his mother Maranda described the difficulty of explaining air pollution to her children after a trip to the pool was cancelled during a code orange air quality alert three weeks ago. How, Maranda…