Blog posts from around the country
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
New words have crept into our vocabulary since March: Self-isolation. Social distancing. Pandemic. No-touch transactions.
Fear about the COVID-19 pandemic has captured our focus. We now obsess about hand-washing, mask-wearing and who touched…
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
This excellent article by Hop Hopkins, Sierra Club Director of Stragegic Partnerships explains how Racism is Killing the Planet
Maryland Chapter
Maryland Sierra Club and the DC Environmental Film Festival have announced the launch of the MD Sierra Film Club. Featuring hundreds of films, monthly discussion panels, and curated playlists, the free program invites deeper understanding of…
Tennessee Chapter
Simply put, with every breath we take, oxygen is brought into our lungs. At every exhale, carbon dioxide is released. We all do it. When that function ceases, we die. Carbon dioxide is a waste product produced by our bodies and what we do with that…
North Star Chapter
Today the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Rep. Dan Feehan for Minnesota's 1st Congressional District.
Alabama Chapter
The Alabama Chapter Executive Committee has elected Joi Travis as Chapter Chair and Casie Jones as Vice Chair. Joi is the first African-American to serve as Chair since the inception of the Alabama Chapter.
New Jersey Chapter
A coalition of twelve organizations including the NJ Sierra Club, the Humane Society of the United States and The Animal Legal Defense Fund have filed a formal rulemaking petition with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to repeal…
Grand Canyon Chapter
Washington, D.C. — A coalition of conservation groups filed a motion to intervene today to oppose a preliminary permit for a hydropower project near the Little Colorado River by the same company that proposed two similar projects last year.…
Alabama Chapter
As Alabama Chapter treasurer, I promote environmental causes by handling the Sierra Club’s money. I leave the environmental education and political activity to other people who are better at those activities than I am.