Blog posts from around the country
District of Columbia Chapter
DC Chapter Vice Chair Catherine Plume lauded Mayor Bowser's proposed increases in funding for the Office of Waste Diversion and additional enforcement of illegal parking in bike lanes. She called for stronger efforts to expand recycling and…
Cherokee Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
On Monday, March 25th, Cherokee Sierra Club had the pleasure of learning about the Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association.
North Carolina Chapter
Onshore wind energy development - and the economic boost it provides - would be banned across much of eastern North Carolina under legislation filed Wednesday by Sen. Harry Brown in the name of unnecessary “protection” for military readiness. Senate…
Grand Canyon Chapter
TUCSON, Ariz.— Together, four conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal district court today to overturn a key permit for the controversial proposed Rosemont Copper Mine in southern Arizona. The lawsuit challenges the U.S. Army Corps of…
Maine Chapter
Sierra Club applauds the bold but sensible goal of LD 797, which is to reduce net annual
greenhouse gas emissions levels by 2050 to at least 80% below the 1990 annual greenhouse gas
emissions level. LD797 notes that even further reductions could be…
Maine Chapter
Sierra Club Maine strongly supports passage of the emergency bill, LD 640. We have expressed deep concern about the CMP/Iberdrola/Avangrid application for its so called North East Clean Energy Connect Transmission Line (NECEC) through western Maine…
Maryland Chapter
On Wednesday, March 27th, the Get Maryland Moving coalition gathered at the first Central Maryland Transit Plan Commission meeting to urge state and regional leaders to deliver a bold and actionable vision for the outcomes they want realized in the…