Blog posts from around the country

Florida Chapter
Sierra Club Environmental Law Program Attorney Elly Benson argued our case against FERC's approval of the Sabal Trail gas pipeline.
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
Saturday, April 29, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  Marshall Park, 800 E. 3rd Street CharlotteIf you can't get to DC, this is the place to be to be counted in the climate action worldwide march! Bring signs. Look for other Sierra Club members. This is…
Maryland Chapter
The Maryland Sierra Club is excited to have worked on two pivotal pieces of legislation that advance energy storage in Maryland. On Monday, April 11 the Maryland General Assembly passed Senate Bill 758 and House Bill 733. The former bill establishes…
Wisconsin Chapter
The results of the conservation Congress are in!  The results reinforce what we already know—the majority of Wisconsinites who enjoy hunting fishing and otherwise enjoying our natural areas, support protecting those areas.
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
Monday, May 1, Rally at 10:30 a.m., main events 12-4 p.m. Marshall Park, 800 E. 3rd St., CharlotteImmigrants' rights partners are organizing a major, nationwide day of action to support immigrants and resist Trump's deportation machine. Join the…
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
May 4th, 2017 at 11:30am-1pm550 S Tryon, Outside of Duke Energy Headquarters (Note the address. In years past, we have done the protests at the old Duke building.)  On May 4th, 2017 Duke Energy will be holding…
Lone Star Chapter
One of the richest people in Texas had his hearing at the Senate Nominations Committee on Wednesday morning, and he wasn’t even there. The meeting to consider the nomination of Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren to the Texas Parks…
Missouri Chapter
On Wednesday, April 12, 125 Sierra Club members and supporters came to the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City to talk to legislators about urgent environmental issues, including the protection of State Parks, proper disposal of coal ask and suppo
Wisconsin Chapter
Today the Sierra Club and Wisconsin Resources Protection Council released an open letter and a policy briefing paper urging Wisconsin legislators to preserve Wisconsin’s common sense “Prove It First” Mining ‘Moratorium’ Law.   50 organizations…
Wisconsin Chapter
Every two years Wisconsin adopts its budget.  The budget determines how much money the state will raise through taxes and fees, and how it will spend those dollars as well as dollars received from the federal government.  This year gove