Blog posts from around the country
Lone Star Chapter
There has been an enormous amount of aid approved for hurricane recovery - about $200 billion (roughly half slated for Texas). So it’s worth taking a closer look at what’s going on.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
San Francisco's local Community Choice power provider CleanPowerSF now offers cleaner energy at cheaper rates than PG&E. The same goes for MCE, whose default program costs its Marin, Napa, and Contra Costa County customers 2-5% less than PG&…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
How and where we build the necessary housing has serious implications for both people and planet. The Bay Chapter advocates for affordable, infill development in "Priority Development Areas" in order to house the growing population in a way that…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
In 2010 MCE was formed in Marin County as California’s first Community Choice program — a game-changing alternative to the investor-owned utility model that enables cities and counties to pool electricity customers and form a local power agency.…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
On April 30th, Alameda County Supervisors Scott Haggerty and Nate Miley convened in Livermore a special meeting of the Transportation and Planning Committee board. The purpose of the gathering was to get district input on amending Measure D, the…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a community meeting on June 5, 2018, to update the public on progress toward removal of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site (SJRWPSS). About 85 people attended the meeting. Vince Ryan…
Florida Chapter
The Miami-Dade County Commission approved land use and zoning changes that will allow a developer to replace wetlands and farmland with the largest mega mall in the U.S. in Southeast Florida.
North Star Chapter
The Student Sierra Coalition at the University of Minnesota Rochester (UMR) closed out their second year with an expanded air quality study and a petition for 100 percent renewable energy on campus. Since August 2017, the SSC has collaborated with…
North Star Chapter
The 2018 session of the Minnesota Legislature adjourned on May 20. With big ticket items such as the tax bill and the supplemental budget omnibus bill being vetoed, fewer significant provisions overall became law this year than in any of the…