Blog posts from around the country
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…
Maine Chapter
On October 16, 2020, Sierra Club Maine filed a lawsuit in federal court in Maine seeking to force the U.S. Department of Energy to disclose records Sierra Club Maine requested nine months ago under the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA.
Maine Chapter
Natural lands in Maine currently sequester large amounts of carbon. Trees over 40 years old sequester carbon at a greater annual rate than younger trees, so planting new forests has more long term benefits than immediate ones.
Lone Star Chapter
The French government has reportedly stepped in to delay or cancel a $7 billion deal set to be signed by French trading firm Engie to buy fracked gas from NextDecade’s planned Rio Grande LNG export facility in Brownsville, Texas. The government…
Lone Star Chapter
The Odessa, Texas, chapter of the NAACP and seven environmental organizations (including Sierra Club) petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address unhealthy levels of air pollution in the Permian Basin hub of Ector County, where…