Blog posts from around the country
New Jersey Chapter
The New Jersey Sierra Club today is announcing our endorsement of Christine Clarke for State Assembly in New Jersey’s 26th Legislative District. Environmental advocate, a grassroots organizer, former Environmental Director with Action Together New…
New Jersey Chapter
Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Notice of Intent to Deny to Elcon Recycling Services, LLC (Elcon) for its Phase II Part B commercial hazardous waste treatment and storage facility application. After…
Washington State Chapter
Senator Patty Murray and 6th District Representative Derek Kilmer have reintroduced the Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and told a gathering of supporters, including Sierra Club representatives, that they vow to "get it…
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…