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This month's environmental news - March, 2026

The second funnel was March 20, where legislation that has not passed one chamber plus a committee in the opposite chamber is sidelined for the current legislative session.

A bill has been introduced that calls for an Article V convention that will propose amendments to the US Constitution that will impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and...

A bill has been introduced that places barriers in listing impaired waters

Legislation has been introduced that would allow local generation and community solar projects. Sierra Club supports this bill.

Legislation has been introduced that requires data centers to report quarterly their water and electricity usage, plus creates a separate electricity tariff so that data centers pay their fair share

The public is allowed to access public records and to attend public meetings of government agencies. See changes that have been proposed by the legislature.

Read Sierra Club's comments about the 2026 impaired waters list

A peer-reviewed study found that adults living in counties in close proximity to nuclear power plants have higher cancer mortality rates

This month's environmental news - February, 2026