Blog posts from around the country
Lone Star Chapter
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. Black lives continue to…
New Jersey Chapter
The Assembly Appropriations Committee and Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee have both released S3295 (Ruiz) / A4 (Pintor Marin). The “New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020” provides for administration of programs and policies related to…
Florida Chapter
Join us in urging Gov. DeSantis to restore the Great Florida Riverway. It is time to save the Ocklawaha, Silver and St. Johns Rivers, as well as historic Silver Springs.
WNC Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
Our January Zoom program will be the annual awards ceremony to recognize environmental heroes, along with our year in review. The awards will include categories for Green Business, Equity, Green Legislator, Friends of Our Urban forests, a national…
Maryland Chapter
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), transportation accounts for the largest portion of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US. As many countries have embraced renewable energy, the US is falling behind. Tackling…
Range of Light Group / Toiyabe Chapter / Nevada
Executive Committee Elections, Keep Long Valley Green, Solitude Canyon, Road Easement, Monarch Butterly Count, 30x30, Antelope Ground Squirrels, Drilling Spring Peak and Conglomerate Mesa, and much more!
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
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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Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
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…
Lone Star Chapter
Any 2020 reflection can't help but start with COVID-19 and the corresponding scramble to hold community together in unprecedented times. While some cities swung to Green-New-Deal-inspired principles of just transition to guide recovery efforts (not…
North Carolina Chapter
Today, it was announced that President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).