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In the mild December weather, we might forget the power outages last year. Remember the big freeze in February 2021 and power out for days?
Although this winter started mild, even warm, the freeze will happen again, some year soon, and Texas needs to be prepared. On December 16, Sierra Club members, supporters, and allied organizations demanded that Governor Abbott, the PUC, and ERCOT fix our electric grid, so we do not have our power out when we freeze again!
On January 13, join us for a presentation about the Memorial Park Land Bridge and Prairie Project..
On January 19 the Bay Area Sierra Club will host a speaker from Armand Bayou Nature Center.
Thanks for all you do,
Carol Woronow
Bayou Banner Newsletter Editor
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The Houston Group of the Sierra Club is looking for help in the following areas:
Volunteer Coordinator, Social Media Publicity Volunteer, Wetland Advocates and Chair, Lone Star Hiking Trail Volunteers, Outings Leaders, 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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By Brandt Mannchen
It was an overcast, rainy, windy, cool, day. A welcome respite from the 84 degrees in almost the middle of December weather that I had been laboring under in this climate change new atmosphere.
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By Tom Douglas
On December 4, a group of us paddled through old growth cypress forest along the San Bernard River, after launching at Bates Allen Park.
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By Brandt Mannchen
It was mid-December, and I was headed east on U.S. Highway 190 to the Neches River and Upland Island Wilderness Area (UIWA) in Angelina National Forest.
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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 Big Bend area to the Big Thicket
- 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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