Blog posts from around the country

San Francisco Bay Chapter
Open space advocates cheered the Marin County Supervisors’ decision on November 14th to buy the San Geronimo Golf Course for public open space.
North Carolina Chapter
State officials are pulling the wastewater discharge permit for Chemours, the company whose chemical GenX has raised concerns about tainted drinking water in the Cape Fear River. "People who are personally affected by the GenX crisis will be…
South Dakota Chapter
At age 65 I am beginning to learn how to be a Chapter Chair for the Sierra Club. It is a humbling honor to be in this position and I have much to learn. You might find it interesting, from time to time, to check in and see what I'm blogging about.
Idaho Chapter
Cities and towns across the United States have assumed a new mantle of leadership over the past year: establishing bold commitments to move away from dirty fuels and repower their communities with 100% clean, renewable energy. Read the Sierra Club’…
Toiyabe Chapter
Conglomerate Mesa - a special roadless area in Inyo County - adjacent to the Inyo Mountains, Malpais Mesa Wilderness, and Death Valley National Park - is threatened by a proposed gold mine. Your help is needed. The mesa’s beautiful, rugged, unroaded…
Lone Star Chapter
This summer, Rio Grande LNG signed an agreement with the Port of Cork, Ireland to build an import facility to receive RGV gas. In response, Irish environmental activists recently published a sign-on letter opposing Rio Grande LNG in the Brownsville…
Lone Star Chapter
Luminant Energy (a subsidiary of Vistra Energy, which also owns retail giant TXU) will retire three large coal plants—Big Brown, Monticello and Sandow—in early 2018, eliminating more than 4,400 MW of power from the grid, as well as millions of tons…
Pennsylvania Chapter
Being a mother living with the daily impacts of fossil fuel extraction and working a full time job, I make time to volunteer with the Sierra Club for one simple reason: I truly believe in our organization and everyone fighting for clean air and…
Lone Star Chapter
Just 16 months after Denton City Council adopted a power plan that directed the city’s utility to achieve at least 70% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2019, a new proposal from an independent consulting firm says that getting Denton to…
Southeastern Pennsylvania Group / Pennsylvania Chapter / Philadelphia Pennsylvania
2017 Paint Chester County Art Show, Sale & Fundraiser