Blog posts from around the country

Middle Tennessee Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
Bill Troup is a Superintendent with the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Parks and Recreation. He currently oversees nature/interpretive centers and natural areas management. He tells us about the challenges of managing and protecting Nashville's…
Toiyabe Chapter
Under the Trump Administration’s “Energy First” policy, oil & gas leasing has expanded dramatically in. More than one million acres of your public lands in Nevada have been offered up to the fossil fuel industry for exploration.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Adam Duhan, the longtime chair of our Healthy People, Healthy Planet Committee, died unexpectedly this summer. We will remember his energy, sense of humor, and work to connect family planning, human rights and development with environmental…
Great Waters Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
Nearby Nature update: The Nearby Nature project has been evolving since its inception in 2017 as a project of the Great Waters Group. It has now transitioned under the fiscal sponsorship of the Milwaukee Environmental Consortium but still has the…
Lone Star Chapter
Hal Suter passed away on Monday, August 5, after a long battle with colorectal cancer and pulmonary fibrosis. We know he touched many lives through the years and through the many organizations of which he was a part.
Lone Star Chapter
Since organizers began fighting these destructive LNG projects in 2014, two LNG projects have dropped off, with Annova LNG, Texas LNG, Rio Grande LNG, and the Rio Bravo Pipeline still in the race for permits. Now, thanks to combined efforts, the…
Florida Chapter
Sierra Club Florida organizing representative Patrick Ferguson visited Brazil to tour the Native Green Cane Project, where pre-harvest sugar field burning and chemical fertilizer and pesticide applications were abandoned years ago and replaced with…
North Carolina Chapter
The N.C. House today voted 60-54 to accept Senate changes to a bill that would promote the interests of the billboard industry at the expense of trees, local government authority and scenic beauty.
Virginia Chapter
In June, Fairfax County announced it was seeking proposals from solar companies to install solar at up to 130 county-owned facilities and schools, with another 100 sites to be considered for a later round. The request for proposals (RFP) covers…
Virginia Chapter
With the climate crisis rapidly unfolding and public health consequences being felt across the commonwealth, the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter sets a high standard for lawmakers to receive a top grade. Only nine of Virginia’s 40 senators and 12 of…