Blog posts from around the country

Lone Star Chapter
In 2019, despite many concerns expressed by the Sierra Club and others, HB 2771 was signed into law, which requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to ask the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for permission to run a…
Pennsylvania Chapter
Harrisburg, PA - Governor Wolf vetoed House Bill 2025 today, which would have removed the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) legal authority to regulate carbon dioxide pollution from any source within the Commonwealth. The bill would’ve…
Range of Light Group / Toiyabe Chapter / Nevada
The local tribes have been working to get the Owens Lake registered on the National Register of Historic Places. With the Inyo County Board of Supervisors support, they are one step closer.
Napa Sierra Club Group / Redwood Chapter / California
The En-ROADS policy simulator compiles current science, different climate models, and economic trends to estimate the effects of environmental policies on the global temperature rise.
Napa Sierra Club Group / Redwood Chapter / California
Poor air quality has become a way of life during wildfire season in the Bay Area. As climate change worsens, poor air quality will become an even bigger problem in the U.S. According to the CDC, along with smoke from wildfires, “higher temperatures…
Range of Light Group / Toiyabe Chapter / Nevada
On September 22, the California Fish and Game Commission (FGC) approved a staff recommendation that the western Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) be listed as a candidate species under CESA (California Endangered Species Act). During the 12 months as…
White River Group / Missouri Chapter / Missouri
Here are the candidate statements for the 2020 Sierra Club White River Group Executive Committee election. Those chosen will serve a two year term, during the years 2021 and 2022.
New Jersey Chapter
The Assembly has passed A1978 (Pinkin) / S864 (Smith) and the Senate concurred. The bill prohibits the provision or sale of single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, and expanded polystyrene foam food service products. It…
New Jersey Chapter
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that will require new cars sold in the state to be electric or otherwise zero-emissions. The state’s clean air regulator, the California Air Resources Board, will develop regulations that ensure every new…
Wisconsin Chapter
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has handed Friends of the Black River Forest a victory. The Court found that the land exchange decision anticipated that Kohler Co. would construct a golf course and noted the impact of the decision on the Friends’…