Blog posts from around the country

New Jersey Chapter
Our Chapter extends a warm welcome to three new volunteers: Dennis Colligan, Collin Crecco, Alex Meseguer
New Jersey Chapter
“The hottest year was even hotter than expected,” read a recent headline in Science. If, like me, you want to do more to stave off the worst, then cast a more critical eye on diet. What we eat has a major climate impact, because food production…
New Jersey Chapter
In the documentary Dark Waters, the ingestion of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) was compared to swallowing a tire. There are thousands of PFAS chemicals in use and littered about the environment—some estimate 12,000 kinds—but only a…
New Jersey Chapter
The number of documented whale collisions off the East Coast speaks to the wisdom of slower speeds for ocean-going vessels. The Sierra Club NJ Chapter has joined Congressman Frank Pallone in calling on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
New Jersey Chapter
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection has adopted California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) standards. This sets a goal of gradually increasing the share of electric and hybrid electric passenger vehicles sold in New Jersey to 100% by 2035…
New Jersey Chapter
Four years ago, Trenton began replacing lead service lines. The city exceeded the safe standard of 15 parts per billion, and the state Department of Environmental Protection was issuing fines for missing deadlines to replace city lead service lines…
Southern Nevada Group / Toiyabe Chapter / Las Vegas Nevada
Thank you to all who showed up to create a successful cleanup event.
Toiyabe Chapter
We need increased political and financial power to preserve our valuable public lands and wildlife habitat, as well as to mitigate the effects of climate change in a just and equitable manner throughout our region. Please join us!
New Jersey Chapter
Trenton, NJ - Members of Clean Energy Action Now (CLEAN), a campaign dedicated to increasing awareness of the health, economic and climate benefits of an equitable clean energy future, hosted a rally ahead of a joint Senate Environment and Energy…