Blog posts from around the country

New Jersey Chapter
Raghav Akula has a message for New Jersey’s youth who are interested in climate issues: “We need you desperately!” Raghav, 17, is the school liaison for the Sierra Club’s NJ Chapter. He says young people often feel that climate change is so…
Lone Star Chapter
We honor George Pettit, who was a major factor in the Sierra Club in the 1970s in the Dallas - Fort Worth Group and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club.
Lone Star Chapter
The Coastal Bend region in Texas is home to generations of Latine communities, including Corpus Christi, which is known to many as the home of Selena, the beloved Queen of Tejano music, has arguably some of the most delicious Tex-Mex cuisine in the…
New Jersey Chapter
Summer is approaching, and with it the need to cool our homes. A central house air conditioner is the largest summertime energy consumer in a home.
New Jersey Chapter
The future of Liberty State Park is uncertain, since people have been trying to take its land for a private golf course. The 1,200-acre park is extremely important not only for us, but also for many species of migratory birds and other animals. This…
New Jersey Chapter
An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draft rule to reduce heavy duty truck emissions may be too little, too late. The EPA stopped accepting public comment in May 2022 on the plan to phase in controls for truck ozone, greenhouse gas (GHG), and…
New Jersey Chapter
The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) substantially undercounted the actual number of comments submitted on the DRBC’s draft regulations on fracking wastewater import and water export to and from the Delaware River Basin, environmental…
New Jersey Chapter
In February, the Hunterdon Warren and Central Jersey groups of the NJ Chapter of the Sierra Club hosted talks on the 60-acre Bonaparte estate in Bordentown City and the Abbott Marshlands, which are adjacent.
New Jersey Chapter
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has created an advisory committee to update the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) and set priorities for parklands and open space access and acquisition. Anjuli Ramos-Busot,…
New Jersey Chapter
In fall 2021, our 50 x 30 team sent a letter to Gov. Phil Murphy asking him to declare a goal for New Jersey to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions 50% by 2030 and to follow up with the rules and regulations that would make it happen. This 2030…