Blog posts from around the country

North Star Chapter
Help create a more sustainable and healthier environment. Here are the actions our Zero Waste Task Force is focusing on this year.
District of Columbia Chapter
Susan Schorr, chair of the DC Chapter's Zero Waste Committee, gave testimony March 25 at the Budget Oversight Hearing for the Department of Public Works. The hearing was conducted by the Council's Department of Transportation and the Environment…
Napa Sierra Club Group / Redwood Chapter / California
The Indigenous people of Mindanao have resisted the destruction of their land throughout successive waves of colonization–first by the Spanish, then by the United States. Mindanao’s native peoples were able to maintain stewardship of their ancestral…
Vermont Chapter
Montpelier – Today, the Vermont House of Representatives passed the FY23 budget, H.740, with unprecedented investments in climate action and resilience, which will hel
Maryland Chapter
The Maryland General Assembly is now beyond the crossover date. We’ve had some significant successes and some disappointments, but we are still in the midst of a strong push to get good bills enacted.
Lone Star Chapter
Gulf Coast communities are speaking out against expanding gas export infrastructure as this will endanger their communities and environment, which are already overburdened by industry presence, and will do nothing to help Europe or Ukraine in the…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Tom DouglasTwo recent Environmental Roundtable sessions have addressed flooding in the Buffalo Bayou Watershed. The most recent one, held on March 8, focused on proposals for the construction of flood tunnels.... (Read more)
Michigan Chapter
Lansing, MI - On Thursday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer was able to strike a deal with the Michigan legislature to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill totaling $4.7 billion to upgrade Michigan’s failing infrastructure. The deal includes $1.7 billion…
York River Group of the Virginia Sierra Club / Virginia Chapter / Virginia
Three of Virginia’s legislators spoke about the fate of several bills from the Virginia General Assembly 2022 Session that are important to the Sierra Club.
New Jersey Chapter
TRENTON, NJ – Today, the Senate and Assembly passed S2363 (Smith) / A2065 (Coughlin). The bill gives food pantries a 6 month extension from the law prohibiting sale and distribution of plastic and paper carryout bags by certain businesses. The bill…