Blog posts from around the country

Lone Star Chapter
Last week, the San Antonio City Council unanimously voted to move forward with the Vista Ridge Project that plans to bring 50,000 acre-feet of groundwater from Burleson County to the city. Because of our many concerns with this project, the vote was…
Maryland Chapter
By Stacy Bare, Sierra Club Outdoors DirectorOn Veterans Day -- and for several days leading up to and after Veterans Day -- we celebrate those women and men who have served their country in uniform. We're lucky at the Sierra Club to have a…
Lone Star Chapter
Without a doubt, the best environmental news from Tuesday's election in Texas was the City of Denton voting to ban new fracking in the city. The proposition passed by roughly 17%, with 58.64% voting yes and 41.36% voting no. Predictably, however,…
Angeles Chapter
Sierra Club's Michael Brune tells members to hang tough amid GOP-dominated wins in the 2014 Mid-Year Elections. His comments:
Lone Star Chapter
Residents in Denton, a town situated on top of the lucrative geological formation known as the Barnett Shale, will decide on Tuesday whether to ban new fracking within their city. The ban would be the first of its kind in Texas and a big challenge…
Maryland Chapter
The management of the school system can have a huge impact on the environmental practices of the county. Zaneb Beams, who was endorsed by the Sierra Club as a candidate for Howard County Council four years ago, is now running for a position on the…
Angeles Chapter
Four health and environmental groups, including Sierra Club Angeles Chapter,  filed a complaint Friday, Oct. 31, in the U.S.
Lone Star Chapter
San Antonio makes a bad deal on water, upcoming legislative workshop and much more
Maryland Chapter
Annapolis City Dock at King Tide - see below for photo source. (i) As the environmental community prepares for this weekend’s release of the final piece of the 5th Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
Maryland Chapter
Annapolis City Dock at King Tide - see below for photo source.i  As the environmental community prepares for this weekend’s release of the final piece of the 5th Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…