Blog posts from around the country
Atlantic Chapter
By Ellen Cardone Banks, Chapter Conservation Chair(Originally published in the Sierra Club Niagara Group's
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Ken Kramer According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, a “water column” is “a vertical section of water from the surface to the bottom of the sea, a lake, a river, etc.” However, “The Water Column” is a new monthly feature of the Bayou Banner…
Montgomery County / Maryland Chapter / Maryland
Dave Sears expressed his praise for Shruti Bhatnagar, who was recently elected as the new Chair of the MoCo Sierra Club! Sears (who served as Chair for the past 4+ years) said "Shruti has exactly the three key characteristics that an organization…
Montgomery County / Maryland Chapter / Maryland
Montgomery County Sierra Club applauds the Montgomery County Council for enacting today legislation that will move the county forward in addressing both the planet's climate e
North Star Chapter
This month, we are spotlighting Mateo, whose videography work to inspire others to join in fighting for our planet will be shared later in July.
Tennessee Chapter
Sierra Club Tennessee Chapter Summer 2019 Retreat July 26-28 at Cedars of Lebanon State Park
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Summary of Items: Houston recycling sent to landfills. "Clothes the Loop" clothing and shoe recycling. Cigarette waste - new solutions for world's most littered trash. Efforts in the Texas Legislature to address plastic pollution were unsuccessful,…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
About 10 years ago, the Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT) bridge, across the East Fork of the San Jacinto River, in the Magnolia Section (between FM 2025 and FM 945/Butch Arthur Road), was damaged by a flood. Since that time, the bridge has been closed…
North Carolina Chapter
The spotlight at the General Assembly this week was on the fight over gerrymandered districts. But, Cassie Gavin writes, some unappealing environmental bills moved forward through the process at the same time.
Maryland Chapter
You are about to read one of the most exciting sentences I have had the pleasure to type at the Sierra Club…
Solar generated more electricity than coal this April in Maryland!
You read that correctly. April 2019 was historic for the entire nation…