Blog posts from around the country
North Star Chapter
Last week the Minneapolis City Council unanimously adopted a nation-leading Complete Streets policy, which will support safer streets for everyone. At the same time, the city is in the midst of a search for a new Director of Public Works. The new…
Alabama Chapter
Alabama Retreat is in October; Share the Beach; New Website Highlights Alabama Trails; 2016 Swim Guides for Alabama Rivers; Contact Your Legislators about Climate Change; Map of Alabama's Top 50 Transportation Projects; Mobile Baykeeper Award;…
Harvey Broome Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
Rules governing coal mining on public lands have not changed since the 1980’s. They don’t consider the effect of coal on climate change and don’t give taxpayers a fair return on leases sold to coal companies. Now the Department of Interior’s Bureau…
Maryland Chapter
Baltimore, M.D. — Despite passing with veto-override numbers in the Maryland State Senate and the House of Delegates in April, Governor Hogan vetoed the Clean Energy Jobs Act today, stifling job growth and renewable energy acceleration throughout…
Thomas Hart Benton Group / Missouri Chapter / Kansas City Missouri
By Bill Griffith and Zay Thompson.
On the heels of the Paris Climate Accord
the Sierra Club has just rolled out the “Ready
for 100” campaign. Click on the logo to read more.
Lone Star Chapter
San Antonio just made it through one of the worst droughts in Texas history. Climate change means we’ll have more of them, and they’ll be unpredictably longer and more intense. Is San Antonio prepared? Nope. And SAWS is leading us the wrong…
Lone Star Chapter
Ground level ozone continues to be the worst air pollution challenge facing Texas. The good news is that cities are making progress to clean up ozone air pollution in all areas in Texas, finally complying with the older 1-hour standard adopted in…
Angeles Chapter
The Sierra Club and other environmental and community groups fought and won in their efforts to shut the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 2013.