Blog posts from around the country
Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
The world needs to stop approving new coal plants and oil and gas fields immediately, shift to electric heat pumps in buildings by 2025, and phase out sales of new gas cars by 2035 to meet international climate goals. That’s the latest word from the…
Maryland Chapter
Today, several groups called on the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) to delay their recently announced June 8th vote on the initial I-495 and I-270 toll lanes expansion plan contract until the Final Environmental Impact Statement is released.
District of Columbia Chapter
Chapter Chair Catherine Plume testified before the DC Council in favor of stronger waste diversion efforts in DC and electrification of DC government vehicles.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The Sierra Club has become extremely concerned about Point Reyes National Seashore’s management of the 2,600-acre Tomales Point Elk Reserve, where tule elk are held captive behind an eight-foot, woven-wire fence. 254 individual elk (47% of the…
Piasa Palisades Group / Sierra Club Illinois Chapter / Illinois
The Irreversible Damage of Longwall Coal Mining: Subsidence and Mining Impacts in Montgomery County. The Piasa Palisades Group of Illinois Sierra Club will host its June 2021 Virtual Speaker Series program on Tuesday, June 8 from 6 – 7:30 pm.
District of Columbia Chapter
Sierra Club volunteer John More testified before the DC Council in favor of expanded funding for affordable housing and for newly built affordable housing to use clean energy rather than fossil fuels that pollute indoor air and contribute to climate…
North Carolina Chapter
This week at the NC General Assembly there was major controversy in the Senate over Governor Cooper’s appointment to lead the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Dionne Delli-Gatti. The House moved forward a bold resilience bill that would…
District of Columbia Chapter
The Sierra Club called for stronger and more proactive leadership at the DC Public Service Commission to ensure that DC meets its climate commitments and ends the combustion of fossil fuels.
Great Waters Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
Please join Great Waters Group and Sierra Club-Wisconsin Chapter for a night of virtual activism aimed at persuading Kohler Company to drop its golf course plans and its predatory designs on Kohler-Andrae State Park.