Blog posts from around the country
Alabama Chapter
Lance LeFleur, Commissioner of Alabama Department of Environmental Management, speaks to the Montgomery group of the Alabama chapter of Sierra Club on July 19, 2018. Commissioner LeFleur spoke about ADEM’s wide range of responsibilities and gave…
Alabama Chapter
Alabama's GASP Group recently sent a letter to EPA Region 4 Administrator Trey Glenn asking him to permanently recuse himself from the 35th Avenue Site in Birmingham (or any issues related to Drummond Co.
Alabama Chapter
In November 1992, the Forever Wild Constitutional Amendment was approved by an 84% statewide vote,a national record for a conservation ballot measure at that time. Twenty years later, in 2012, when the Forever Wild amendment was re-authorized by…
North Carolina Chapter
The N.C. Sierra Club commended the state Department of Environmental Quality for developing a comprehensive, proactive new plan to tighten permit requirements for proposed and current emissions of methyl bromide, a toxic chemical. "We thank and…
Lone Star Chapter
Bryan Texas Utilities, which serves the City of Bryan, Texas, might soon make a decision on their old, dirty coal plant, Gibbons Creek. It is in somewhat of a unique position, being a public utility, to do much more on solar and other clean energy…
Florida Chapter
The State Senate President and House Speaker filed an appeal requesting the overturning of a ruling that they had diverted money that was supposed to be spent on new public land acquisition and restoration.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Each year, Sierra Club California staff and volunteer leaders work together to analyze and determine Club positions on hundreds of bills at the legislature. From among those on which we take a position, a number rise to the top as priority bills…