Blog posts from around the country

Jeff Tittel, Director of the Sierra Club’s New Jersey Chapter, has announced that he will retire as of May 1, 2021. For nearly 23 years Tittel has been one of New Jersey’s strongest and most unrelenting advocates for the environment. As a constant…

Two young Sierra Club volunteers blog about attending the Sierra Club’s “Women Leaders in Sustainability” virtual event and how inspiring it was to hear from so many empowered female leaders in the community.

That is the Question: Should western Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) receive legal protection in California? 

This is the second article in a series on the I-45 highway expansion. It focuses on legal updates and impacts on other community organizations and businesses.... (Read more)

Please join us for our April Virtual Speaker's Series: The Importance of Big Rivers in the Natural World. Rivers don’t get enough respect, especially big rivers. In this talk, Dean Klinkenberg, the Mississippi River Traveler, will describe the…

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) released an analysis of potential massive cost impacts to New Jersey consumers as a result of the Trump-era federal meddling in the PJM capacity market. The federal rule, known as the Minimum Offer…

It is crunch time for a proposed second daily train between the Twin Cities and Chicago. The legislature must act this session and your call or email could make the difference.

Environment2Action Film Series Presents: Conviction, Forget Shorter Showers, Good Housekeeping and Fault Line: Houston Cancer Cluster. Join Sierra Club on Zoom to view these three short environmental films on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 7 pm... (…

After years of community mobilization and resistance to the polluting fracked gas industry build out in the Rio Grande Valley, Annova LNG will not go forward with construction in South Texas. This is a huge victory!

(Almost) Everything you ever wanted to know about Electric Bikes - and why you should get one.