Blog posts from around the country
Angeles Chapter
Everyone’s favorite zombie water project is baaaack… but there’s a move afoot to lay it to rest for good with a new state law, AB 1000.
North Carolina Chapter
The bill contained a small amount of funding to address GenX contamination of the Cape Fear River, falling far short of a request Cooper made to the Legislature to state agency work to investigate not only GenX, but drinking water contaminants…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The oil industry lobbied hard for a provision in the cap-and-trade bill that prevents local air districts from imposing regulations to lower carbon dioxide emissions from refineries. This provision has further complicated — but should not prevent —…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
One of the smartest ways to house everyone is also the best bet for the environment: ramping up development of affordable housing in transit-rich urban areas — a strategy that reduces displacement-fueled sprawl that gobbles up open space and…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
This summer, the Sierra Club’s San Francisco Group organized a community forum with the Club’s executive director Michael Brune and local environmental-justice leaders to ask how we can take action locally to defend our environment and our…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Contra Costa's transportation plan directs 47% of its funds to freeway and roadway projects, so it's no surprise that driving is projected to increase — despite the fact that the County plan is supposed to support a goal of reducing greenhouse gas…