Blog posts from around the country
Maryland Chapter
The MD Sierra Film Club this month featured Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air. Director Maggie Burnette Stogner and one of the featured local activists in the film, Shashawnda Campbell, joined a panel discussion along with Sierra Club Chapter…
Florida Chapter
A collaboration between the No Roads to Ruin coalition and Cornell Consulting resulted in a series of three new policy reports, which found that M-CORES is infeasible and creates negative returns.
Maryland Chapter
One of the great icons of our time has passed. Her life and work touched the lives of millions who grieve her loss. While Justice Ginsburg's achievements for equality are legendary, it is not as widely known that she was a voice for the environment…
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
There's still time to comment! The City of Charlotte is looking for public comment on the Tree Canopy Action Plan. Learn more about the plan to stop canopy loss in our communities and take the
New Jersey Chapter
Today, Governor Murphy is signing S232 (Singleton) into law. The legislation requires that a person seeking a permit for a new facility, or for the expansion of an existing facility, that is located in a burdened community meets certain additional…
Alabama Chapter
On Monday, the Sierra Club asked the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) to reconsider a billion-dollar Southern Company fracked gas proposal, citing secret negotiations that the company and its subsidiary Alabama Power kept from the Commission…
New Jersey Chapter
New data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that the groundwater at the Chambers Works site in Salem County contained 3 PFAS chemicals above health standards. The data was based on samples taken between July and December 2019.…
Santa Cruz Group / Ventana Chapter / California
Are you interested in taking a leadership role in the local Sierra Club Group? This Fall, four seats on the nine-member Executive Committee of the Santa Cruz Group of the Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club are up for election. The Nominating…
Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
Ventura County finally reined in the dangerous oil and gas industry yesterday after more than a century of acting with impunity. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to tentatively approve a plan that would begin the exit of gas from…