Blog posts from around the country
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Sierra Club California has taken an “Oppose” position on two bad ballot measures on the November ballot: Proposition 3 and Proposition 6.
Virginia Chapter
CONTACTBen Weiner, Communications Coordinator, Sierra Club Virginia Chapterbenjamin.weiner@sierraclub.org, (804) 241-9384
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for August 2018. Click the title to see the news this month.
Maryland Chapter
This spring bills were introduced in the Annapolis City Council and the Anne Arundel County Council to ban the use of expanded polystyrene (EPS) food containers by food service establishments. The Annapolis bill (O-22-18) is alive and on track. The…
Florida Chapter
Sierra Club believes the EAA Reservoir is an integral component of the CERP that could help solve South Florida's water crisis and restore the invaluable Everglades ecosystem.
Toiyabe Chapter
“Question 3 has been sold to voters as a way to get more renewable energy online in Nevada, but it will actually make it more difficult. There will be years of market uncertainty as the legislature figures out how to implement complex restructuring…
North Star Chapter
We can use equity in a sentence… “Here at___we strive to achieve equity for all citizens”, but what does that mean? What does it weigh? How can we as people go about defining fairness in relatively complex world? The question of equity is at the…
North Star Chapter
Finally, some good news! The PolyMet rider was removed from the federal defense spending bill. Sierra Club activists (that’s you!) spoke up alongside numerous partner organizations to fight back against PolyMet's sweetheart deal to trade public…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Since its founding in the late 1960’s, the Houston Sierra Club (Sierra Club) and its more than 5,000 members have been interested in and advocated for flood management that not only “Keeps people out of harm’s way” but also “Works with and not…