Blog posts from around the country
Great Waters Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
The Menominee River has been declared one of the nation’s 10 most endangered rivers. It's threatened by the Back 40 mine, a proposed open pit metallic sulfide mine deeper than the height of Wisconsin’s tallest building, Milwaukee’s U.S. Bank tower.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Later this month the Richmond Planning Commission will meet to consider the sale of City-owned land at Point Molate to a private developer for a luxury development. This is the last chance to stop the sale of this priceless public resource before…
New Jersey Chapter
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection has announced that they are closing two state parks this week so that staff can help nearby parks that have experienced more visitors. Fort Mott State Park in Salem County and Voorhees State Park in…
New Jersey Chapter
The larvae of stinging jellyfish, also known as sea lice, were found near Ocean City. They have primarily been reported near Avalon and Stone Harbor Beaches. Stinging jellyfish have been known to show up in New Jersey near the end of summer when the…
Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
Sierra Club has elected a new national Board of Directors for the upcoming board term, 2020-2021 and tapped Ramón Cruz of Puerto Rico as President, becoming the first Latino President in the organization’s 128-year history.
Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
There has never been a more important and positive time to get out and explore our remarkable federal, state, county, and city public lands. A new website provides a great guide. Camps and gardens reopen.
Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
For months, climate experts have urged governments to center renewable energy and infrastructure in their economic revivals, seeing the drop in global emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as a chance to transition to a greener future. However,…
Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
On the provocative threat to cut down old-growth trees and chaparral across 755 acres deep in the Ventura County backcountry, the Forest Service extended the public comment deadline to August 14.