Blog posts from around the country
Redwood Chapter
On Sept. 13, the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority Board, consisting of representatives of Sonoma County and its nine cities, unanimously passed a resolution that “recommends ceasing acceptance of all applications for new gas…
Redwood Chapter
Thanks to reporting from the Lost Coast Outpost and other outlets, news came to light about a shadowy corporation from outside the state attempting to take over the North Coast Railroad Authority’s line in order to transport coal from the San…
Redwood Chapter
The Ordinance to Prohibit Use and Sale of Disposable Food Service Ware and Other Products Containing Polystyrene Foam has been passed by Sonoma County and all Sonoma County jurisdictions, except for Rohnert Park. The ban includes limiting the use of…
Lone Star Chapter
Even for insiders, trying to keep up with everything that is happening in state government at the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the Texas Railroad Commission, and the Texas Legislature as they…
Atlantic Chapter
by Ellen Cardone Banks Most readers of the Sierra Atlantic will recall the intensity of the movement to ban natural gas hydrofracking in New York that led in 2014 to an executive ban on fracking in our state,
Atlantic Chapter
by Shay O'Reilly, NYC + Hudson Valley Organizing Representative, Beyond Coal Campaign Two years ago, NY passed what was then the strongest environmental legislation in the country: The Climate Leadership
Lone Star Chapter
On September 30, the Austin City Council is set to approve the Austin Climate Equity Plan (CEP)!
North Star Chapter
Xcel dropped its plans to build a big new fossil gas plant in Becker in response to widespread opposition, but the improved plan is undermined by the inclusion of 2 fossil gas plants and no additional commitments on community & rooftop solar or…