Blog posts from around the country
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Local advocacy groups including the Sierra Club have secured $5.1 million dollars for the Local Development Business Plan of East Bay Community Energy — a comprehensive plan that identifies ways in which EBCE can foster local economic benefits such…
Washington State Chapter
July brought confirmation of some good news; the J-Pod made a short appearance in Puget Sound after an unusually long absence. It was a brief display, but it was long enough to confirm that one of the new calves born in May is still alive and a…
North Carolina Chapter
The state Senate this evening passed a measure that would limit the ability of local governments to determine how to control billboards and would allow more cutting of the public’s trees along highways to increase billboard visibility.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The San Francisco Chronicle recently highlighted the enormous damage that plastic bags inflict on the environment in front-page articles and even an editorial. Despite this policy, in at least one San Francisco neighborhood the SF Chronicle is…
Lone Star Chapter
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is holding 13 flood outreach meetings during the month of August. These meetings are open to members of the community so that they may submit comments to ensure that the new programs meet the needs of Texans…
Lone Star Chapter
Environment Texas, Sierra Club, and the Port Arthur Community Action Network announced back on May 22 that they planned to sue Valero Energy Corporation and the Premcor Refining Group, Inc., in federal court for illegally releasing nearly two…
WNC Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
Trump Administration Attacks the "Public and "Public Lands"
Cherokee Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
Chattanooga's Airport (Lovell Field) has recently received national attention in December, discussed in a 2018 Bloomberg article titled "The First Solar-Powered U.S. Airport Is In The City Once Called 'Dirtiest.'
Maryland Chapter
The following blog post is by the Maryland Sierra Club’s Energy Intern Angela Scafidi. She worked to help organize our outing in Maxwell Hall Park with the Southern Maryland Group and Maryland State Senator Arthur Ellis.