Chapter E-Newsletters
Tennessee Chapter Newsletter June 2021
June 1, 2021
What's inside: Workers Memorial Day Observance Honors Kingston Coal Ash Spill Cleanup Workers, New possible threat to Memphis' drinking water discovered along Byhalia pipeline route, Solar-Powered Homes Come to the 'Hood'
Tennessee Chapter Newsletter May 2021
May 1, 2021
What's inside: Sierra Club blasts 'ridiculous' proposal for Tennessee to take over coal mining regulation, Byhalia Pipeline Updates, Care NET Makes 'Black Lives Matter' Quilt
Tennessee Chapter Newsletter April 2021
April 1, 2021
What's inside: Memphis environmentalists sue U.S. Army Corps over Byhalia Pipeline permit, Clarksville Sustainability Board, debate over Nashville landfill
Tennessee Chapter Newsletter March 2021
March 1, 2021
What's inside: Concerns about TVA’s coal ash contamination. Memphis' aquifer protection. Care NET cleans up Holston River site
Tennessee Chapter Newsletter February 2021
February 1, 2021
What's inside: Rita Harris, a Memphis pioneer of the environmental justice movement; Dear Eartha: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
Nashville Refill Shops Offer an Alternative to Plastic Reliance
January 25, 2021
Two locally-owned businesses in the Nashville area are taking the bull of plastic waste by the horns.
Dr. Joe Schiller Receives Award
January 22, 2021
Dr. Joe Schiller, longtime member of the Sierra Club and active participant/advisor to the Clarksville-Montgomery County Conservation Committee, is the 2020 recipient of the Conservation Education Award presented by the Soil Conservation Service and...
Politics in the Age of Covid
January 20, 2021
The August 6 primary election results gave the Harvey Broome Group (HBG) Political Team a serious reality check. We’d helped elect Courtney Durrett to the County Commission, but our other three endorsees lost.
Column: Talking to Climate Deniers
January 18, 2021
With climate change mitigation once again at the forefront of American policy, climate change denial is not going anywhere!
The New Litter: Disposable Masks
January 14, 2021
Like it or not, masks will be a part of our lives for an unknown period of time thanks to Covid-19.