Blog posts from around the country

North Carolina Chapter
The state House today voted 63-48 to pass the Farm Act, a bill that ostensibly supports North Carolina's farmers, but includes giveaways to industrial hog operations that endanger the environment and public health.
Maryland Chapter
The Sierra Club is a volunteer-led environmental advocacy organization with entities at the national, state, and local level with the mission of “Explore, Enjoy & Protect.” Each entity is governed by an Executive Committee of members elected…
Angeles Chapter
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Grand Canyon Chapter
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.— Conservation groups called on Arizona officials today to close a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim, citing severe and ongoing flooding that threatens to pollute deep aquifers that feed the…
North Carolina Chapter
The N.C. House passed an amended version of the S 559, Storm Securitization/Alt. Rates, revising a section that would have allowed Duke Energy to seek permission for multiple years of rate increases in one request. That section has instead been…
Lone Star Chapter
This morning, the Cameron County Commissioner’s Court tabled a proposal for a tax abatement agreement for the Annova LNG project.
Lone Star Chapter
The Sierra Club announced its intent to sue the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the failure to require a clean up plan for the continuing dangerous sulfur dioxide (SO2) pollution in Rusk and Panola Counties.
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
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Florida Chapter
Sierra Club submitted comments on the Revised Draft Integrated Project Implementation Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project.