Blog posts from around the country

North Star Chapter
For many years the Honduran indigenous group, Lenca, has suffered human rights abuses including land and natural resources exploitation by illegal development projects as reported in the New York Times and other media sources. Under international…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
2016 is a pivotal election year with key elections from the White House through your local county court house. Key environmental issues from climate change to the Trans Pacific Partnership/TPP, and from Texas air and water issues to Houston area…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Proposed Sanctuary Expansion Upcoming Public Meetings in Galveston, July 12, and in Houston, July 13 Building on more than 30 years of studies and numerous reports released in the last decade calling for additional protections, NOAA’s Flower…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People, is a newly published environmental history atlas for the state. The book presents more than 40 chapters on land, water, energy, wildlife, air quality, and the built world. It provides an accessible,…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Jaime Gonzalez (Community Conservation Director at Katy Prairie Conservancy) has recorded an informative and nicely illustrated lecture, now available on You Tube, to discuss the reasons why planting native plants, instead of exotic plants, is…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Your help needed! The Houston Bike Plan final draft has been presented to Houston City Council and will be voted on later this summer. Please join citizens across Houston in asking City Council to vote YES on the Plan (sample letter below). Even…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
For residents, curbside glass pick up is not an option under the City of Houston’s current contract with Waste Management. However, you can recycle your glass at the Westpark Recycling Center off of Westpark south of 59. There is no cost to drop…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Building on the momentum from COP 21, The Climate Reality Project will be conducting an intensive three-day training, led by its Chairman Al Gore, running August 16–18 in Texas. The training will bring together pioneers, change agents, and proven…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
For three years the Houston Sierra Club has assisted the U.S. Forest Service (FS) in restoration of blackland prairies in Sam Houston National Forest (SHNF). Scattered over the western and central part of SHNF are small (approximately 2-20 acre)…
Lone Star Chapter
On Thursday, on a 9-0 city council vote (with two abstaining), Austin became the latest city in Texas to adopt the most up to date building energy codes (the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code, or IECC) for new commercial and residential…