Blog posts from around the country

Florida Chapter
A new tool makes it easy to identify Sierra Club-endorsed candidates. Don't forget to vote on or before Nov. 3!
San Francisco Bay Chapter
On Friday, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the decision last month by the City of Richmond to approve a proposed 2,000-unit luxury housing project at Point Molate, a biologically, culturally, and…
Northeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Pennsylvania
It's autumn! Help us celebrate by participating in our photo contest.  The Sierra Club in Northeastern PA (NEPA) is hosting its first Fall Foliage Photo Contest throughout the month of October, and we invite you to share your favorite photos…
New Jersey Chapter
A state grant-funded program to address harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Echo Lake is seeing positive results. The program, which was awarded $475,000, is described as a 36-month project to prevent HABs in reservoirs serving the Pequannock Water…
Florida Chapter
Representatives from organizations and businesses across Florida sent a letter to the M-CORES task forces outlining the reasons to not build the destructive toll roads.
North Star Chapter
Minnesota needs a plan to generate 100% of its electricity from clean, renewable energy and to electrify heating and cooling in our homes and businesses. But the fossil fuel industry has worked hard to convince the public that fracked gas is…
Coastal Bend Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The Executive Committee of the Coastal Bend Group of the Sierra Club is pleased to announce candidate endorsements for the 2020 General Election for the Corpus Christi City Council.
Wisconsin Chapter
Join us on a geocaching adventure October 12-31 to find prizes, uncover haikus, celebrate Halloween and learn about the Four Mile Logging Project.
North Carolina Chapter
We've talked about why coal ash cleanup costs should be paid by Duke Energy shareholders rather than the public, and how Duke Energy’s uneconomic coal plants are a continuing burden for North Carolina ratepayers. Now let's discuss a tool that Duke…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The Clean Water Act of 1972, which was passed just three years following an infamous incident in which Ohio’s Cuyahoga River caught fire, provides the framework for much of the federal and state legislation that protects our bayous, rivers, lakes,…