Blog posts from around the country
Redwood Chapter
Our newest staff organizer, Terilyn Chen, will work across three Northern California Sierra Club chapters — the San Francisco Bay Chapter, the Redwood Chapter, and the Mother Lode Chapter. What do these three chapters all have in common?
Alabama Chapter
Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues, and Earth Day 2019 occurs on Monday, April 22. The holiday is now a global celebration that's sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
At our Bay Area Sierra Club’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 17, speaker Jordan Adams will talk about solar panels on your house. A panel of members and friends who currently have solar panels will also speak about their experiences and the…
North Star Chapter
Today, the U.S. Army Corp announced the issuance of the Section 404 permit, the final permit needed for the proposed PolyMet NorthMet Mine near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota.
Lone Star Chapter
The Rio Grande Valley of South Texas’s wildlands and Latinx communities are threatened by three proposed fracked gas export terminals, pipelines, and new border walls.
New Jersey Chapter
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee held a public hearing today on Gov. Murphy’s proposed budget FY2020. The DEP budget has been cut by 17.8% in the spending plan and operations by 10%.
Santa Barbara Group / Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter / California
We won a significant victory this week. Santa Barbara County just voted go 100% electric on fleet cars up for replacement this next year. They'll go from 4 EVs to 55 or so over the next year with an eye toward eventually electrifying the whole 1449…