Blog posts from around the country
Maine Chapter
Sierra Club Maine supports LD 1646, a bill that creates the Maine Power Delivery Authority as a
consumer-owned utility to acquire and operate all transmission and distribution systems in the State
currently operated by the monopoly investor-owned…
Maine Chapter
We salute the Governor and her Commissioners for developing this far reaching proposal to
address Climate Change, the most serious threat to the future of our state. This bill obviously
was the result of enormous effort and we commend you for…
Lone Star Chapter
Environmental and neighborhood groups allege 1.8 million pounds of illegal pollution.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The City of Houston is currently developing a Climate Action Plan. At our May general meeting, Lara Cottingham, the City's Chief Sustainability Officer, provided an overview of the process, goals, and some of the strategies that are being considered…
Washington State Chapter
In the past decade, the Sierra Club and our partners have stopped all the major coal and oil expansions proposed in the Pacific Northwest. Over 25 projects have been proposed, and none have become operational! It’s been a tough fight, stopping one…
Washington State Chapter
The Roadless Rule (formally known as the Roadless Area Conservation Policy) was issued in 2001 by President Clinton shortly before he left office. It made significant changes in prohibiting road construction, road reconstruction, and timber…
District of Columbia Chapter
The Sierra Club wrote to the DC Council in support of the fiscal year 2020 budget, which funds the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act, allocates $4 million to replace lead water lines and provides resources to other important programs.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
From wonder product to planetary scourge, plastic has come full circle. How do we help kick the plastic habit?
Lone Star Chapter
TCEQ has $58 million available from the $2.9 billion Volkswagen settlement for replacing diesel-powered buses with electric buses. Applications are now open for funding!