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This summer, the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others, and the police violence that erupted onto peaceful protestors demanding justice, demonstrated that police departments do not protect everyone. |
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On January 14, join Emma Pabst with Environment Texas on a journey to and from Texas’ Permian Basin, where oil and gas are pumped out of the ground, into the air, and shipped through vast networks of pipelines that fuel homes, businesses, and dangerous petrochemical facilities across the state.
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Join us for the Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting (on Zoom) about En-ROADS, a Climate Change Solutions Simulator, Wednesday, January 20, 7:00 pm.
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By Kevin Price
La Marque has always been one of those small communities where everyone knows everyone. There is an unfailing sense of pride that has been at the heart of the community for as long as I can remember.
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Plastic pollution is now recognized as an ever escalating global plague, which will only get worse with increased plastic production, expanded product markets, and human population growth. More and more studies are documenting the environmental harm of trash plastics and degraded micro-plastics in the environment, especially to waterways and and the oceans.
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By Brandt Mannchen
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the need to protect people, for the past 8 months the national Sierra Club has halted staff and volunteers from having face-to-face meetings, events, and outings.
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Join the Citizens Environmental Coalition (CEC) for a virtual Houston screening of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour, virtual event this year on Friday, January 29, 2021, 7-9 p.m.
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The Houston Regional Group and Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club provided scoping comments to the U.S. Forest Service on October 21, 2020, about a proposed special use permit for the Raven Forest Operating LLC Complex in Sam Houston National Forest.
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On December 3, 2020, the U.S. Forest Service, National Forests and Grasslands in Texas, resolved the objection that the Houston Regional Group and Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club made about the Sam Houston National Forest Prescribed Burn Project, which covers 125,000 of 163,000 acres. |
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The Houston Group of the Sierra Club is looking for help in the following areas:
Website Supporter, Webmaster, Lone Star Hiking Trail Volunteers, Outings Leader, Audio / Video Coordinator, Forestry. Help to make a difference for the Sierra Club!
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For current information on upcoming outings in the Houston area, check out our MeetUp site. Outings have been temporarily cancelled, due to the COVID-19 virus. You can still upload your old photos to previous outings, or walk some trails on your own, while maintaining a safe physical distance from others.
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When you donate to the Sierra Club's Houston Group, you support local efforts to:
- Protect wild and treasured places, from the Sam Houston National Forest to Galveston Bay
- Keep our air and water clean
- Ensure adequate water supply for people and environment
- Ensure a clean energy future
- Reduce climate disruption
- Keep pressure on politicians and corporations to ensure safe and healthy communities
Your financial help allows us to meet the challenges of protecting and preserving our treasured Houston area.
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| The COVID-19 crisis has not passed and continues to disproportionately harm Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people and other communities of color. The pandemic has revealed how the communities hardest hit are often the same communities that suffer from high levels of pollution and poor access to healthcare. The fight for environmental justice cannot be separated from the fight for racial justice. |
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