Blog posts from around the country

Maryland Chapter
Lesser Celandine is invasive in 19 states in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest according to the U.S. National Forest Service. It forms large, dense mats on the forest floor and displaces nativespring ephemeral wildflowers. We have been removing it…
Grand Canyon Chapter
Phoenix - Arizona medical professionals and public health advocates, faith leaders, clean energy business leaders and many more today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for finalizing the first-ever national protections from…
Lone Star Chapter
Sierra Club applauds climate leadership from President Obama, urges Texas to take action
North Carolina Chapter
“North Carolina is well-positioned to be a leader under the Clean Power Plan, as released today,” said Molly Diggins, state director for the NC Sierra Club. “We led the nation with the landmark 2002 Clean Smokestacks Act; and again in 2007 with the…
Lone Star Chapter
Big Bend's Big Pipeline?, Beaumont Still Waiting for Justice, and A Night to Remember
Florida Chapter
Today, the EPA and the Obama Administration released the final version of the landmark Clean Power Plan.
North Star Chapter
Minnesota’s prospects for advancing environmental protections during the 2015 state legislative session were unfortunately predetermined last Election Day, in November of 2014. The old cliché that “elections matter” proved itself vividly this…
Maryland Chapter
On July 16 the Maryland Public Service Commission issued an order that will vault the state into a national leadership position on energy efficiency.
Lone Star Chapter
Although mostly unnoticed in Texas, a national conservation milestone has been achieved for the Louisiana Black Bear (Ursus americanus luteolus). The bear, federally-listed as threatened since January 1992 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is…
Lone Star Chapter
The Sierra Club Political Committee of Texas (the Lone Star Chapter PAC) was active in supporting candidates again this Spring in the Dallas City Council elections. The PAC made contributions to several candidates which provided much-needed support…