Blog posts from around the country
Washington State Chapter
This legislative session was a mixed bag for ecological and conservation management of the state forests.
Loma Prieta Chapter
In December of 2011, the Lehigh Cement lawsuit was filed, and thus started a series of changes. Lehigh Hanson Cement Plant, owned by Hanson Permanente Cement, a longtime producer of Silicon Valley building materials was charged a $7.5 million fine…
New Jersey Chapter
Today, Attorney General Grewal, DEP Commissioner McCabe, and Acting Division of Consumer Affairs Director Paul Rodríguez announced a suit against 3M, DuPont, and others for manufacturing or selling toxic chemicals in firefighting foam product. These…
Florida Chapter
Sierra Club Florida urges the governor to veto HB 7103, which threatens Florida with a proliferation of sprawl.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Tom DouglasOur group of 12, paddling both canoes and kayaks, met up at Cedar Hill Park. With sunny skies and a forecast high temperature in the mid-80s, we were thinking about finding shade....
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District of Columbia Chapter
Sierra Club DC Chapter organizer Rebekah Whilden testified before the DC Council on May 13 in support of the Warehousing and Storage Eminent Domain Authority Act of 2019, which would allow DC to close a trash transfer station causing air pollution…
Allegheny Group, Pennsylvania Chapter / Pennsylvania Chapter / Pennsylvania
The air around is crisp, so we step onto our yoga mats with sock covered feet and layers intact. It’s funny when you decide to stop and be in just one place in nature. All of a sudden you realize that the world moves whereas in your own movement…
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
By Jim Wylie
With momentum building in southeastern Pennsylvania to set renewable energy goals, draft transition plans and take meaningful action, the West Chester Area Council Of Governments (WCA COG) has embarked on a regional planning effort that…
Middle Tennessee Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
What is the Green New Deal? What's at stake and who will it help? What could it mean for Nashville and Middle Tennessee?
Suwannee St. Johns Group / Florida Chapter / Florida
3 PROTESTS, 1 MESSAGE TO GOVERNOR DESANTIS: Veto disastrous Toll Roads and Growth Management bills for the sake of working Floridians, water quality, and our natural environment