Chapter Updates

This summer, North Group sponsored three campers -- an 11-year-old girl from Eureka, an 11-year-old boy from Fortuna, and a 12-year-old boy from Loleta -- to attend a week-long session at Lost Coast Camp near Petrolia.

By Steve Birdlebough Chapter Transportation Chair Sierra Club recently updated its Infill Development Policy to help cities and towns address the housing and climate change crises by preventing sprawling developments, reducing automobile...

I am addressing this open letter to the Sonoma County government government officials, the California governor, and to all policymakers in the world, especially to those in areas where climate change-related phenomena (extreme heat, droughts,...

  By Woody HastingsSonoma Group member On the heels of the unfortunate “green light” for the Petaluma Safeway gas station, and along with a small station proposed at Llano Road and Highway 12, a massive 16-pump 24/7 mega-station...

 By Shoshana Hebshi Redwood Chapter Communications Coordinator   After weeks of speculation, the contentious Orcem cement plant and deep-water terminal project slated for South Vallejo has been withdrawn as of Friday, May 24...

General Plan Delayed for at least a year or more by Teri Shore, Sonoma Group Executive Committee After a lengthy public hearing and difficult conversations held April 16, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of Permit...

Even with the narrow defeat of Measure C, a 2018 ballot initiative to curb open space development in Napa Valley, conservationists are insisting that growth be checked to protect watersheds, riparian habitat and the oak woodlands on the hills...

On May 30, the City of Vallejo will hold a hearing and vote on the status of the VMT/Orcem cement factory and deep water port project. According to published reports, the company has failed to complete paperwork and deal with monetary issues...

Despite clear public opposition to a proposed Safeway gas station in east Petaluma, the city council on April 1 approved Safeway’s plan without requiring an environmental impact report. Opponents, including Sierra Club Sonoma Group, spoke out...

By Joe Feller, Solano Group ChairThe Sierra Club speaks with one voice!  There is no better slogan highlighting recent events in the long running battle against the Orcem cement factory and VMT deep water port in Vallejo. Beginning with an...