Blog posts from around the country

Washington State Chapter
In the face of overlapping climate and extinction crises threatening all of us, Sierra Club Washington State Chapter’s Wildlife Committee is an active and motivated volunteer team working together to protect Washington’s wildlife, our state’s…
Washington State Chapter
At the request of the Friends of San Juans, Sierra Club has joined other members of the Puget Sound Partnership Environmental Caucus in urging the rejection of the proposed Pt. Roberts 2 Terminal Project, which would create a new major container…
Washington State Chapter
The past few months have been a busy time for the campaign to save the Snake River salmon, even though a lot of the activity has taken place behind the scenes. The good news is that given recent campaign progress, we expect to see many more public…
Washington State Chapter
This year Tribes from around our state worked with Governor Inslee’s office to request the largest habitat protection and restoration program for salmon recovery to date. While the bill failed to pass this year, the session was not without successes…
Washington State Chapter
This year’s state legislative session came to a close on March 10th. While there were a few important wins, there were other ways that our lawmakers fell short. This year, we’re looking to grow our volunteer district lobby team program to cover more…
Washington State Chapter
Those of us here at the Washington State Chapter did a soft re-launch of our Outings Program last fall - we hosted a new Outings Leader Training with our Public Lands Team and have been in the process of getting new leaders fully certified…
Oregon Chapter
The Climate Forest Connection: Sierra Club joins 70 other groups in the Climate Forest coalition calling on the Biden administration to take executive action to protect mature trees and forests on federal lands—critical in the fight against climate…
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…