Blog posts from around the country
Washington State Chapter
The following letter was sent to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on December 11, 2018. Please share your support for a #Safe35th and let Mayor Durkan know we need safer and more sustainable ways to get around the city.
Maryland Chapter
The General Assembly should act in 2019 to ban disposable food containers made of expanded polystyrene foam as an important step in reining in the plastic pollution crisis.
Maryland Chapter
It is vitally important for the General Assembly to shift our State to creating a 21st Century, climate-friendly, clean transportation sector. Significant highway expansion is antithetical to accomplishing this, and the Maryland Sierra Club opposes…
Maryland Chapter
It is clear that it is time for Maryland to prepare for, and undertake, the transition away from coal-fired power plants. In doing so, we must support impacted communities and workers in defining and implementing strategies which provide certainty…
Maryland Chapter
Legislation is needed to ensure that proposed new gas pipelines are fully reviewed by the Maryland Department of the Environment to guard against harm to our drinking water and sensitive waterways.
Maryland Chapter
Achieving 100% clean renewable energy grows ever more urgent. The General Assembly should act decisively in 2019 to put our state firmly on the necessary pathway.
District of Columbia Chapter
The Washington D.C. Council unanimously approved the “Clean Energy D.C. Omnibus Act of 2018,” a bold climate bill that includes a commitment to achieve 100 percent renewable electricity supply across the district by 2032.
The legislation…