Blog posts from around the country
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is being petitioned to amend Permit #2406 for the Peach Creek Landfill, which is next to and near over 4,000 acres of Sam Houston National Forest, and Wood Duck Farm....
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New Jersey Chapter
In a Star-Ledger opinion piece, Renée Pollard, environmental and social justice chair at the Sierra Club New Jersey Chapter, and Maria Lopez-Nuñez, deputy director of organizing and advocacy at the Ironbound Community Corporation, say thousands of…
North Carolina Chapter
This was a slower week at the legislature for environmental bills. None of the bills that the Sierra Club is following were taken up. That gives us some time to educate senators about legislation that they will soon be voting on - including H 951 “…
North Olympic Group / Washington State Chapter / Washington
Watch the recording of our July membership meeting at which Sierra Club Organizer, Stephanie Hillman, talked about efforts to stop the Trans Mountain Pipeline.
Wisconsin Chapter
A private company, Kristle KLR, owned by Kristle Majchrzak and Robert Glau of Herbster, Wisconsin (Bayfield County) is hoping to move forward with a proposal to bottle and sell water from a private artesian well within Lake Superior’s watershed.…
New Jersey Chapter
Newark, NJ -- Tonight, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) is holding a stakeholder meeting on its proposed 34 MW gas fired power plant in the Ironbound community of Newark. This is part of an expanded stakeholder engagement and public…
New Jersey Chapter
Today, Governor Murphy signed two bills into law to address the ongoing lead crisis in New Jersey. The first bill, S1147 (Ruiz), requires lead paint inspection prior to home purchases and tenant turnover. It also establishes an educational program…