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Promoting climate change literacy in schools: More important than ever
May 18, 2020
It’s obvious that the pandemic will force schools to confront a new set of challenges in funding and focus, but the urgency of our climate emergency has not lessened. In fact, the pandemic has demonstrated what can happen when threats like climate...
New study demonstrates dangers of gas appliances to public health
May 18, 2020
A new study out of UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health provides insight on the impacts of gas appliances on air quality and health at a time when we are focused more than ever on public health. The nature of COVID-19 means that those who have...
Contra Costa poised to approve new oil and gas wells near homes in Brentwood
May 14, 2020
In the midst of a pandemic, Contra Costa County is poised to approve an application to drill new oil and gas wells within 1,100 feet of homes in unincorporated Brentwood. Living near oil and gas wells can cause asthma, cancer, respiratory illness,...
Help preserve Alameda County's eviction moratorium
May 11, 2020
In late March, as pandemic-related job losses mounted and rent payments loomed, many hundreds of our members and supporters responded to our call to urge their city and county representatives to implement emergency eviction and foreclosure...
Consider running for your Group Executive Committee this fall
May 4, 2020
Our Club needs local oversight and direction. This is the job of Group and Chapter Executive Committee members, who are annually elected by their Sierra Club members/neighbors.
Changing e-bike policy for Mount Tamalpais Watershed risks water, soil and wildlife
April 28, 2020
A debate is underway about allowing electric bikes on Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) land. E-bikes are currently prohibited on the watershed. However, an assertive lobby aimed at reversing the policy has succeeded in getting the board to...
How Bay Area "Community Choice" energy programs are supporting us during COVID-19
April 27, 2020
To help navigate your energy resources during this confusing time, we’ve collected the responses of local Bay Area Community Choice energy providers — East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), MCE, and CleanPowerSF — to COVID-19 in one place. Hopefully this...
SF Bay dredging project would increase oil shipments
April 17, 2020
In yet another assault on the environment and vulnerable communities, the federal government is pushing a proposal to dredge a deeper shipping channel through San Francisco Bay. The Army Corps of Engineers’ plan would scrape a 13-mile path across...
We're calling for a pilot pick-up program for Amazon boxes in Marin County
April 9, 2020
The Sierra Club has signed on to a petition asking that Amazon offer a pilot pickup program in Marin County in which delivery trucks would pick up Amazon boxes and plastic mailers on subsequent deliveries and return them to Amazon warehouses for...
We need the People’s Bailout
April 9, 2020
As the COVID-19 crisis ravages the globe and impacts the health and stability of our communities, Congress has responded with a stimulus package that doesn’t satisfy the level of direct aid that needs to be going to the people. We need to prioritize...