Blog posts from around the country

Middle Tennessee Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
Davidson County Long-Term Zero Waste Master Plan
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Thank you to everyone who voted in the November 6th election! The Sierra Club endorsed 88 candidates at the local, state, and federal levels to represent the region covered by the SF Bay Chapter (Marin, SF, Contra Costa, and Alameda counties). As…
Lone Star Chapter
This week, Denton Mayor Chris Watts and his city council colleagues unanimously approved two new solar contracts, pushing Denton closer to a 100% renewable goal and signaling the end of reliance on the 35-year-old coal plant known as Gibbons Creek.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Janis Kate Turner passed away on October 30, 2018. She was an amazing woman who dedicated her life to making our community and beyond a better place for all. In her advocacy, Janis helped to establish urban growth boundary lines, protect groundwater…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
In an effort to promote agriculture and agricultural tourism in Alameda County, the county Planning Department has proposed an amendment to the county’s zoning ordinance that would permit microbreweries the unincorporated agricultural areas. The…
Idaho Chapter
For the second time, the Forest Service is proposing to log in the Clear Creek drainage, a tributary to the Wild & Scenic Middle Fork Clearwater that enters the river just above Kooskia. This is the Forest Service’s revised massive Clear Creek…
White River Group / Missouri Chapter / Missouri
Here are the candidate statements for the 2017 Sierra Club White River Group Executive Committee election. Those chosen will serve a two year term, during the years 2019 and 2020.
District of Columbia Chapter
Pepco is running ads on Facebook asking people to "act boldly" on climate change by signing a petition to weaken the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act in a way that would result in substantially higher greenhouse gas emissions from the District of…
New Jersey Chapter
The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife are going to resume cutting activities on Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Stand 33. NJDFW will begin cutting on or about November 27, 2018 for about two weeks and again before April 1, 2019.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The Sierra Club wants to expand access to southern Alameda County’s parklands. One way to do that is to encourage the development of more multi-use trails known as “linear parks,” used by cyclists and pedestrians. There are many promising sites for…