Blog posts from around the country
San Francisco Bay Chapter
We did it! After more than two years of effort (and many calls for your support from the Sierra Club and other groups), the ordinance to ban fracking and other extreme oil-recovery methods in Alameda County was passed by the Board of Supervisors.…
Lone Star Chapter
This week, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced its ozone designation recommendations for the updated 2015 ozone (smog) standard. These proposed designations indicate where in Texas the air quality violates the new…
District of Columbia Chapter
Want to show your support for the DC Chapter of the Sierra Club? Purchase a shirt using our group order form from Custom Ink before our August 31st deadline.
Maryland Chapter
Only part of the cost of coal is built into our electric bills. Much of the cost is passed on to everyone and the environment, but these external costs are not often quantified. However, an excellent paper by Epstein, et. al., "Full cost accounting…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
A new cement float for harbor seals was delivered to Alameda Point on June 22. It is the first float of its kind on the West Coast. With seals starting to use the new platform, a milestone has been reached culminating two-and-a-half years of…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Finally, overcoming opposition from its own staff, the board of directors of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) set a date — May 2017 — to vote on a plan that would set enforceable numeric limits on pollution from oil refineries:…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Born in a country where backpacking is almost unknown, Thomas Meissner didn’t strap on a genuine sleeping-bag-and-supply pack until he was in his 30s—but for the past 22 years, he has not only trotted the trails and set up camp in the wild—he has…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Join fellow Sierra Club members for an afternoon of good cheer, good food, and good company at our annual potluck picnic.