Blog posts from around the country

Washington State Chapter
The fossil fuel industry is on the ropes: coal is permanently declining and oil companies are announcing bankruptcy left and right. But a third fossil fuel is still expanding into our communities every day: “natural” gas. Now the industry has…
District of Columbia Chapter
The Sierra Club DC Chapter's Clean Energy Committee wrote to the DC Council noting that the proposed raid on the Green Building Fund will make it harder for DC to achieve its climate commitments and asking that the proposed raid be removed from the…
Georgia Chapter
Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune and Jessica Morehead, Chapter Director of the Sierra Club Georgia Chapter, released the following statement in response to the murder of Rayshard Brooks.
Lone Star Chapter
Austin, TX- Today, the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club joined others at a Texas Railroad Commission open meeting to call on the Commission to completely eliminate routine flaring -- and associated unlit flaring and venting -- by 2025. Sierra…
Georgia Chapter
The Sierra Club Georgia Chapter has added its name to a growing list of organizations who support immediate passage of anti-Hate Crime legislation, HB 426, in the Georgia Legislature.
Florida Chapter
To honor Black lives and to lay a path to freedom for future generations, the Movement for Black Lives is calling for Six Nineteen mobilization this weekend, June 19-21, 2020, where we will make a clear and distinct call to end police violence and…
District of Columbia Chapter
The Sierra Club filed comments with the DC Public Service Commission opposing the “climate business plan” from Washington Gas that is designed to keep DC hooked on fossil fuels while increasing prices for ratepayers.
Maryland Chapter
On June 11, Maryland marked 128 years of Sierra Club with staff, volunteers, and special guests, including Sierra Club's executive director, new board President, and two Maryland state delegates. Highlighting Sierra Club's ability to give people a…
District of Columbia Chapter
The Sierra Club DC Chapter submitted testimony on the Metropolitan Police Department budget and the connection between environmental justice and racial justice.