Blog posts from around the country
New Jersey Chapter
The Environmental Protection Agency are holding a public information session discussing the clean up plan for the Ringwood Mines/ Landfill Superfund Site. The final decision, in the form of a Record of Decision, addresses contaminants in groundwater…
Great Waters Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
Leaders from four local organizations that are at the forefront of improving food security in Milwaukee – Friedens Community Ministries Food Pantry, Kompost Kids, Tikkun Ha-Ir, and Tricklebee Cafe – talked about the food waste problem in Milwaukee…
Angeles Chapter
The intersection of arts and political activism are two fields defined by a shared focus of creating engagement that shifts boundaries, changes relationships, and creates new paradigms.
North Carolina Chapter
More than two dozen North Carolina local governments have pledged to transition to 100 percent renewable energy in the coming years. One easy way to do that is by switching over their fleets to electric vehicles. Recently, the N.C. Sierra Club…
North Star Chapter
On Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, the majority of the members of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Environmental Justice Advisory Group resigned in protest of the MPCA's decision to provide a permit to Enbridge to expand their Line 3 pipeline.
New Jersey Chapter
A group of groups are moving forward with acquiring property from Norfolk Southern Railway Company for a greenway. The Essex-Hudson Greenway Project would convert 8.6 miles of unused rail line into a stretch of bike and walking lanes through eight…
New Jersey Chapter
As Governor Murphy and DEP staff prepare to speak at a NJ Spotlight News virtual roundtable the recently signed Environmental Justice law (S232), two facilities in Newark have applied for critical permits. These facilities include Aries Newark…
New Jersey Chapter
Governor Murphy this morning held a press conference to discuss three critical infrastructure projects that the state is moving forward with. The first is the project currently underway to replace the Route 22 bridge over Chestnut Street, which will…
North Carolina Chapter
Gov. Roy Cooper headlines a roster of North Carolina candidates who won election or re-election this year with the endorsement of the N.C. Chapter of the Sierra Club.