Blog posts from around the country
Massachusetts Chapter
Read about new regulations to fix gas leaks, provisions for electric vehicle ready space, new solar and battery storage projects in the state, youth documentary 'Under Pressure' and much more in the March edition of the Climate Leadership newsletter.
District of Columbia Chapter
DC Chapter Chair Mark Rodeffer submitted testimony for the budget hearing for the Department of Energy and Environment requesting full funding for DC's groundbreaking clean energy bill and ensuring the revenue necessary to fund essential programs.
District of Columbia Chapter
The Sierra Club wrote DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson asking that the DC Council fund the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act of 2018 and other environmental priorities. The letter asks Mendelson to retain in the fiscal year 2020 budget two commercial…
New Jersey Chapter
Late Friday night, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by President Trump that lifted an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in 120 million acres of the Arctic Ocean and parts of the North Atlantic coast was unlawful. The decision, by…
North Carolina Chapter
Durham City Council members unanimously passed a resolution on Monday that commits the city to an equitable transition to 100% renewable energy and carbon neutrality by 2050.
North Carolina Chapter
Gov. Roy Cooper’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today ordered Duke Energy to excavate all remaining coal ash impoundments in North Carolina and move the toxic waste to lined storage.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The Museum of Fine Arts (MFAH, 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, 77005, 713-639-7300), will premiere “The Legend of Big Bend” on Sunday, April 28, 2019, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm....
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Oregon Chapter
The Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club recently completed an assessment of our organizational conservation priorities for 2019. We had 31 conversations with those partners and volunteer leaders around the state to help us shape our 2019 priority…