Blog posts from around the country
Parents, Doctors and Faith Leaders Host Forum Addressing Concerns about Air Pollution in Kansas City
Local forum heightens awareness of dangerous, toxic levels of air pollution in downtown KC due to a coal-fired power plant. Click on title to read more.
Santa Cruz Group / Ventana Chapter / California
More than 2,500 injection wells that put aquifers that are federally protected or provide drinking water at risk in California have been permitted by a California agency. At least 46 percent of those—or 1,172—have been permitted in the last four…
Florida Chapter
Sierra Club and hundreds of local citizens have urged Gulf Power to phase out coal in Florida's panhandle to protect clean air and public health.
Redwood Chapter
The campaign for the permanent protection of the Berryessa Snow Mountain region took a big leap forward to day when Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation (S.
Maryland Chapter
Join fellow Sierrans on Monday, March 2nd to lobby key General Assembly members to ensure strong environmental legislative victories in 2015! Sign up today!We need interested volunteers to come to Annapolis on the evening of March 2 to make…
Cimarron Group / Oklahoma Chapter / Oklahoma
Elia Woods, CommonWealth Urba. Elia Woods has been a home gardener for 30 years. She worked as farm manager for KamalaGamble/Guilford Gardens before co-founding CommonWealth Urban Farms in the fall of 2010.
Grand Canyon Chapter
February 05, 2015, PHOENIX, Arizona – The Regional Forester of the USDA Forest Service upheld objections filed by conservation groups regarding a plan by the Tonto National Forest to allow hundreds of helicopter landings in five
Grand Canyon Chapter
February 05, 2015, TUCSON, Arizona – A coalition of Arizona community groups and businesses today called on Tucson Electric Power (TEP) to divest from the out-of-state San Juan Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, and in
Lone Star Chapter
On January 29, the EPA held three hearings nationwide, taking comments on new ozone (smog) standards. One of them was in Arlington, Texas. Scores of citizens from Texas and the surrounding region showed up in force to deliver a clear message:…