Blog posts from around the country

North Carolina Chapter
The annual regulatory reform bill, always a grab-bag of lawmakers' wishes, made its appearance this week in the Senate. Cassie Gavin fills us in on the bill's potential impact on the environment.
Four Lakes Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
Cruisin’ for Cuisine is a casual dining group. In summer, we meet at a locally owned Madison-area restaurant and enjoy some music. We order off the menu and everyone gets their own check. Nonmembers are welcome to join us.
Four Lakes Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
Four Lakes Group Sierra Club is sponsoring a full motor coach bus (DVD, WiFi) to the MREA Energy Fair in Custer to reduce our carbon footprint and bring attention to mass transit needs.
Massachusetts Chapter
Compost is what avid gardeners call "Black Gold;" the soil is soft, dark, and rich in nutrients. It is the currency of the earth; the more the earth has, the happier it is; the more you have, the more real money you have. composting can sequester…
Maine Chapter
LD 1711 will likely stimulate demand for smaller distributed Solar PV projects that opt for the simplicity of net metering. It will do so by increasing the cap to 1 MB and number of participants from 9 to 200. Beneficiaries of this loosening of size…
Lone Star Chapter
Earlier this month, our independent electric grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), released two reports which predicted record summer electricity use and potentially low reserves.
Maine Chapter
Sierra Club Maine supports LD 1646, a bill that creates the Maine Power Delivery Authority as a consumer-owned utility to acquire and operate all transmission and distribution systems in the State currently operated by the monopoly investor-owned…
Maine Chapter
We salute the Governor and her Commissioners for developing this far reaching proposal to address Climate Change, the most serious threat to the future of our state. This bill obviously was the result of enormous effort and we commend you for…
Lone Star Chapter
Environmental and neighborhood groups allege 1.8 million pounds of illegal pollution.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The City of Houston is currently developing a Climate Action Plan. At our May general meeting, Lara Cottingham, the City's Chief Sustainability Officer, provided an overview of the process, goals, and some of the strategies that are being considered…