Blog posts from around the country
Massachusetts Chapter
In this blog post, Sonali dives into the case for how we all can benefit from supporting more locally-sourced food. Food is not technically a scarce good in the U.S.—it is heavily overproduced, and over a third of it is wasted annually. Roughly 80…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
In December 2018, Houston Sierra Club members voted for the first time online, via the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, for new Executive Committee (Ex. Com.) members....
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Virginia Chapter
CONTACT
Ben Weiner, Communications Coordinator, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter
benjamin.weiner@sierraclub.org, (804) 241-9384
San Francisco Bay Chapter
We’re excited to announce a new educational program designed to introduce the next generation of environmentalists to the wonders of nature. The program (held every second and fourth Thursday this spring) is free and open to kids under 6 and their…
Grand Canyon Chapter
TUCSON, Ariz.— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a permit that allows a huge master-planned development project near Benson, Ariz., to proceed. The Villages at Vigneto would transform…
Alabama Chapter
The Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division and Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) are on an enlistment drive to help count one of the iconic species in Alabama’s longleaf pine forests, the beloved gopher tortoise.
Alabama Chapter
In the first week of 2019, a few inches of rain fell throughout the Mobile River Watershed. A typical rain like this can transform the Mobile-Tensaw Delta into a large flooded forest. Looming on the banks of this flood-prone area is Alabama Power’s…
Lone Star Chapter
There's a dramatic new video out today from NBC Left Field focusing on the real-world impacts of living next to flaring and venting from fracking operations in West Texas.
Alabama Chapter
Contacting your legislators through their social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook is a great — and easy! — way to get your message to them. In addition to the immediacy of social media, your message will also be read by other…
Delta Chapter
Over 100 people attended the LA Department of Natural Resources public meeting last night in St. Landry Parish, with each speaker opposing the proposed hazardous waste injection well Eagle Oil, LLC, proposes to construct in the parish. Sierra Club…