Blog posts from around the country

Loma Prieta Chapter
Cemetery would ruin Coyote Valley's valley, integrating climate resilience in City of San Mateo zoning code update, BCDC Planning Essentials webinar series, Redwood Shores Flood and Sea Level Rise Protection projects, committee meetings, comment…
New Jersey Chapter
With the election of Mikie Sherrill as New Jersey’s 57th governor, the Sierra Club is hopeful that she will energize New Jersey’s transportation picture by strengthening New Jersey Transit and continuing the push to electrify the transportation…
New Jersey Chapter
There are many serious downsides of artificial turf in the areas of health, safety, and the environment, suggesting that this product, rather than being an asset, is an overall liability to us and our communities.
New Jersey Chapter
Is estate planning on your to-do list for 2026? If so, we can help.
New Jersey Chapter
The environmental movement received many setbacks last year, such as rollbacks in environmental protection policy and threats to prior climate gains, but we can reassert momentum by expanding our base to include both populists (workaday p
New Jersey Chapter
Industrial toxins are often disproportionately concentrated in underserved communities. To protect these communities from having to shoulder even more industrial activity, New Jersey adopted the Environmental Justice (EJ) Law in 2020 and adopted an…
New Jersey Chapter
In the PJM interconnection area, hundreds of millions of square feet of data centers are proposed, built, or under construction, requiring 67 gigawatts (GW) of power, according to an August 2025 report. It is estimated that about 38% of PJM’s…
New Jersey Chapter
For centuries, applied science has been busy creating new products to solve problems and make life easier for modern humans. Unfortunately, in this century many products were made of chemicals now referred to as “forever chemicals,” or per- and poly…
Pennsylvania Chapter
Welcome to the online-only Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, the Sylvanian! Please read our March 2026 issue!
New Jersey Chapter
We use the word volunteer often in the Sierra Club—for good reason. Page 12 of this newsletter features a box titled “New Jersey Chapter Leadership.” Did you know that everyone listed there, except the four people listed in the blue-shaded…