Blog posts from around the country
San Francisco Bay Chapter
We're competing against 63 other Sierra Club chapters to win a $10,000 prize to fund our Bay Area conservation work. Help the SF Bay Chapter win the challenge and get much-needed funds by becoming a monthly donor for as little as $5/month (or more)!
Washington State Chapter
After receiving thousands of comments from Washingtonians concerned about orca and salmon recovery, Governor Inslee lent his support last month to two key recommendations from the Washington State Orca Task Force: increased spill over dams on the…
Angeles Chapter
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has the opportunity to adopt Rule 1410 and completely phase out dangerous MHF from our local refineries.
Lone Star Chapter
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) approved the request from the Texas Municipal Power Authority (TMPA) to permanently mothball the Gibbons Creek power plant, a 470 megawatt (MW) coal plant located just a few miles east of Bryan/…
Lone Star Chapter
Environmental Integrity Project releases new report: Utility data made public for the first time in 2018 document pollution of groundwater with toxic chemicals at all 16 TX power plants where records are available.
Delta Chapter
Today, Sierra Club secured Cleco’s commitment to phase out coal use and reduce the operation of 1,200 MW of uneconomic coal-burning generation and to acquire 200 MW of renewable energy--with a goal of achieving 30% renewables, fleet-wide--as part of…
New Jersey Chapter
At a meeting in Jersey City today, Governor Murphy responded to criticisms of over brining our roads when there is no snow that he has no time for over-preparing critics. DOT’s salt overload however can temporarily turn freshwater bodies - from…
Washington State Chapter
The sale, titled Michigan Trotter Timber Sale, was slated for January 2019 and will encompass approximately 63 acres, leaving no more than 8 trees per acre after harvest, according to a forester who walked the proposed cut area with Loo Wit in early…
Maryland Chapter
The 2019 session of the Maryland General Assembly has begun, and we need YOUR HELP to turn grassroots environmental activism into legislative power in Annapolis.
Lone Star Chapter
Late last year, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) predicted that energy supply would only have an 8.1% reserve margin in 2019. With another coal plant set to mothball, what's the new number?