How to Submit a Complaint about the I-45 Expansion
May 15, 2021
The I-45 expansion is currently being investigated for racial discrimination by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). You can help FHWA find the extent of discrimination by sharing your story in a Title VI complaint....
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Bayou Banner May 2021
May 7, 2021
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for May 2021. Click the title to see the news this month.
New SUN Houston Solar Co-op: Info Sessions May 6 and May 19
April 22, 2021
Solar United Neighbors (SUN) is a unique non-profit that helps individuals or neighborhoods go solar by forming local co-ops, which are free to join. SUN is now organizing a new solar co-op in Houston from May through July....
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Houston to Upgrade Sanitary Sewer System
April 21, 2021
Last month, a federal judge in Houston entered an order with major consequences for Houston's bayous, Galveston Bay, and the people who depend on them....
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As Parish Burns, Pollution Churns
April 20, 2021
By Rahul NaikLocated only 40 miles southwest of Houston, the Parish coal-fired power plant continues to operate today – silent, deadly, and insufficiently regulated – as the largest point source polluter in the state....
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Sierra Club Expresses Concern About Sam Houston National Forest And Future Roads
April 19, 2021
On April 9, 2021, the Houston Regional Group and Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club wrote the U.S. Forest Service about roads and their effect on the management future of Sam Houston National Forest....
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Sierra Club Provides Thinning Assessment to the Forest Service
April 19, 2021
On March 26, 2021, the Houston Regional Group and Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club visited the Sam Houston National Forest to conduct “Forest Watch” citizens oversight and reviewed recent logging on-the-ground....
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Give Turtles a Brake!
April 19, 2021
By Cheryl Conley I brake for turtles. Do you? With the warmer weather, turtles are going to be on the move soon. Whatever the reason, cars and turtles don’t mix....
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Explore Nature on Houston Area Paddling Trails
April 19, 2021
The program at our monthly meeting on April 8, 2021 was organized by long-time Sierra Club member and trip leader Tom Douglas. Ranging across topics from wildflowers to parks and trails to geology, the presentation included some 150 color photos...
Bay Area Sierra Club Zoom Meeting: Sunnyside Energy's Solar Brownfield Project
April 16, 2021
On Wednesday, May 19, at 7:00 pm, Dori Wolfe, owner of Wolfe Energy, and co-developer of the Sunnyside Energy solar project, will speak on how the project came to be and what is proposed for the former landfill in Sunnyside....
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