Blog posts from around the country
North Carolina Chapter
The N.C. Senate today passed a bill that would block wind energy development - and the economic boost it provides - across much of North Carolina for three years.
North Carolina Chapter
Citing "significant adverse impacts" on fish habitats, fisheries, marine food webs and North Carolina's coastal economy, the state Division of Coastal Management (DCM) today rebuffed a company's plan to conduct seismic blasting off the coast.
Four Lakes Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
Olbrich Botanical Gardens is hosting classes and workshops to celebrate Pollinator Week from June 17-23! Pollinator Week is an international celebration of the valuable ecosystem services provided by bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and beetles.
North Star Chapter
This week, we celebrated big news in the fight to Stop Line 3: On Monday, the courts denied Enbridge's Environmental Impact Statement for its failure to address the impact of spills on Lake Superior. We caught up with Scott Russell, this month's…
Lone Star Chapter
Vulcan 3009 Quarry wants to be San Antonio's new neighbor - and they're bringing their carcinogenic dust with them.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Brandt Mannchen It was nice to roll out of bed knowing that I was only 15 minutes away from the outing I was leading. I was selfish and had scheduled the June Houston Sierra Club outing at East End Park, a wonderful almost 160-acre park on the…
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
We will not have a program in July. Watch for details on our August meeting. See you then!
Photo courtesy of Free Art
Florida Chapter
The Suncoast Sierra Club group and other donors have provided the Jim & Heather Gills YMCA of Greater St Petersburg with funding to install LED lighting throughout the facility.
North Carolina Chapter
The challenge to wind energy development continues in the N.C. General Assembly, as part of a flurry of environmentally harmful legislation considered this week, Cassie Gavin writes.