Blog posts from around the country
Southeast Iowa Sierra Club / Iowa Chapter / Fairfield Iowa
"Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson is the next read for the Earth Friends book club
Southeast Iowa Sierra Club / Iowa Chapter / Fairfield Iowa
A couple of members of the Southeast Iowa Sierra Club have spruced up the entrance sign to Fairfield on Pleasant Plain Road.
New Jersey Chapter
NJ Transit currently has only tested 66% of its track miles for Positive Train Control (PTC), a federally mandated safety system. The deadline for NJ Transit to have PTC approved and running is December 31, 2020. Eight of NJ Transit’s 12 rail lines…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Evelyn L. Merz
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued an Interim Feasibility Report of its post-Harvey “Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency”. Comments are due by November 20....
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Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The City of Houston has released a draft 20 Year Long Range Plan for the City's Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD)....
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Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Brandt Mannchen
In this day of Covid-19, sometimes it’s hard to find the joy in life. That is one of the reasons that I visited Marysee Prairie, the only restored tallgrass prairie in the Big Thicket, on October 15....
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Loma Prieta Chapter
The 2020 Guardians of Nature social distancing Benefit honoring Byron Sher was one of the most extraordinary events our Chapter has organized. Nearly 250 guests responded to our invitation, which means a lot to us in these times of abundance of…
Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
Sierra Club Illinois welcomes the voices of Climate Jobs Illinois to the urgent fight to move Illinois to 100% clean energy as quickly as possible.
New Jersey Chapter
Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Newark Board of Education $7.5 million in federal funds to combat lead in Newark schools. The grant will help fund the Newark Safe Water Initiative, which helps reduce sources of lead in…