Blog posts from around the country
Angeles Chapter
Water has been a fundamental pillar of civilization since antiquity, and access to clean water is a basic universal right to be enjoyed by us all.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Evelyn L. Merz
A major change is planned in the near future for the Harris County Flood Control Task Force. The change is that it is being replaced by the Harris County Community Resilience Task Force (CRTF). ... (Read more)
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Water Rising: Equitable Approaches to Urban Flooding webinar on August 11. From localized flood events to extreme storms, hurricanes, and rising sea levels, floodwaters are rising around the nation. Water knows no jurisdictional boundaries, but…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Please help save the Turtle Science and Recovery Program at Padres Island National Seashore. Link to the online petition is in the article....
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Lone Star Chapter
In another stinging setback for ExxonMobil Corporation in a long-running environmental enforcement case, the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected nearly every argument ExxonMobil raised in its appeal of the $19.95 million penalty imposed…
Lone Star Chapter
We are excited to support our friends at Texas Living Waters' upcoming workshop, “A Seat at the Table: How to engage in Houston-area flood mitigation,” taking place next Wednesday, August 5th from 11:30 am -1:00 pm!
Lone Star Chapter
In pre-corona times, the Texas Capitol would be buzzing with activity during this time of year with lobbyists peddling bills, various committees of the House and Senate discussing issues likely to come up during the 2021 Legislative Session, and the…
Lone Star Chapter
Despite healthy growth in 2019 of roughly four percent, Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance said it estimates that nearly 10 percent of those jobs were lost in mid-2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
New Jersey Chapter
Today, the Assembly failed to vote on A2212 (McKeon)/S232 (Singleton). The bill concerns environmental permits in burdened communities. It is even more disappointing that it was held because the funeral of civil rights leader John Lewis was today.
Florida Chapter
Sierra Club and the Stop the Burn Campaign have sent another unanswered letter to Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried about unrestrained pre-harvest sugar field burning by the sugar industry.