Blog posts from around the country
Toiyabe Chapter
Probably not many DPSers [Desert Peaks Section from the Los Angeles Chapter] are aware that by climbing the DPS list they also get a head start on the Great Basin Peaks [Toiyabe Chapter] list as 21 peaks are on both lists. With this in mind, we…
Toiyabe Chapter
Deseret Peak sits in the Deseret Peak Wilderness and with 5,000’ prominence qualifies for a number of peak lists. At 11,031’ it is the highest peak in the Stansbury Mountains plus the highpoint of Tooele County (pronounced Tu-will-uh).
Toiyabe Chapter
Right now Death Valley National Park - especially the valley floor and eastern park entrance roads - have sweeping displays of wildflowers.
Grand Canyon Chapter
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—Today the U.S. Forest Service rejected a proposal to widen roads and build infrastructure through the Kaibab National Forest that would have paved the way for a sprawling urban development near the southern entrance of Grand Canyon…
Angeles Chapter
You can help decide the direction of the nation's largest grassroots environmental organization by voting in the Sierra Club's annual board of directors election. National board members are elected for three-year terms.
Massachusetts Chapter
April 16th through 18th, thousands of people from over 170 organizations are mobilizing in Washington, DC for Democracy Awakening to demand a democracy where every vote is heard and counted, all Americans have an equal voice and money doesn’t buy…
Massachusetts Chapter
The utilities are foisting on the Baker Administration an energy policy that shortchanges the Commonwealth’s clean energy future by promoting H.3854, legislation that would gut the solar industry.
Wisconsin Chapter
Enbridge -- the Canadian pipeline company responsible for the largest-ever oil spill on U.S. soil -- wants to build more dangerous oil pipelines through Wisconsin.
If these projects are approved by state regulators, it could result in more than one…
Florida Chapter
The recent decision by state regulators to allow FPL to take money for a natural gas fracking project in Oklahoma is just one example of the Sunshine State's profoundly unwise natural gas policies putting profits before people.