Blog posts from around the country

San Francisco Bay Chapter
One of the greatest joys of living in the East Bay is hiking the trails in the many parks of the East Bay Regional Park District. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how vital and important the park system is for people’s physical and mental health.…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The Sierra Club enthusiastically supports the resolution to end exclusionary zoning coming before the Berkeley City Council this evening. The trend of cities eliminating single-family zoning began with Minneapolis in 2019, followed by Seattle. The…
Angeles Chapter
The people behind the Poseidon project feel Orange County residents do not pay enough for water. They feel that residents can and should pay.
Angeles Chapter
Water Equity and COVID-  19 or Is Water Inequality A More Apt Description? Health care professionals have reassured the public that you can’t catch COVID-19 from drinking water, but what if you have other worrisome things in your w
Maine Chapter
Testimony in favor of LD 155
Maine Chapter
Testimony on LD 82
New Jersey Chapter
Governor Murphy delivered his FY2022 Budget Address today. The Department of Environmental Protection is up slightly by $26 million. The budget still raids $82 million from the Clean Energy Fund for NJ Transit. The overall budget totals $44.83…
New Jersey Chapter
Superior Court Judge Peter J. Barnes III, a former state senator and assemblyman from Edison, died last night. Mr. Barnes served in the General Assembly from 2007 to 2014, and in the state senate from 2014 to 2016, when he became a New Jersey…
Florida Chapter
Here are some helpful tips for contacting your representative or senator and communicating effectively.