Blog posts from around the country

San Francisco Bay Chapter
Over a year after first discovering deceptive plans to export coal through the Oakland Army Base, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously on July 19 to ban coal and petroleum coke (petcoke) storage and handling in the city. The ordinance became…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
In a year when empty boasts and bravado are all too prevalent on the national stage, I want to tell you about two people who have quietly and tirelessly served our country for decades. Rangers Betty Reid Soskin and Mia Monroe embody the best of the…
Lone Star Chapter
Last week, the San Antonio City Council approved the SA Tomorrow Plan, which comprises sustainability, transportation, and comprehensive plans through 2040. The plans were drafted by the city's Office of Sustainability with more than a year of…
Florida Chapter
Sierra Club and two other groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for its issuance of three Clean Water Act permits that would allow construction of the Florida Southeast Market Pipelines Project.
Grand Canyon Chapter
Conservation groups today asked the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to deny air permits for three uranium mines near Grand Canyon and to continue monitoring a mine that is no longer active.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Point Molate is the large but little-known hilly peninsula jutting northward into the Bay at Richmond's western edge. The fate of this historic and ecologically important resource is being decided without public participation, in closed-session…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
A critical phase in the campaign to stop Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed giant tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has begun.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Help the Sierra Club be a powerful voice for the environment in Marin and a great place for members to enjoy our beautiful natural areas. We’re looking for members who want to be more active to run for our group Executive Committee. This leadership…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The Galveston Bay Estuary Program has set October 2016 for the first public workshop for revision of the 21 year old Galveston Bay Plan (GBP, officially called a Comprehensive Conservation...
San Francisco Bay Chapter
With a changing climate so increasingly evident, did you ever wonder how the issue is being addressed in our schools? According to a report issued this year by the National Center for Science Education, the answer is very mixed.