Blog posts from around the country
Angeles Chapter
During 2021, Dyana Peña was serving as ExComm Vice Chair as part of her first term of two years on the Executive Committee. Dyana was voted to be vice-chair in January 2021.
Great Waters Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
The Milwaukee City-County Task Force on Climate and Economic Equity has set ambitious goals, including a 45% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 and a 100% reduction by 2050. The next mayor will be critical to implementing Greater Milwaukee’s…
Tahoe Area Group / Mother Lode Chapter / California
3 Ways You Can Protect Lake Tahoe from Aquatic Weeds & Herbicides…and other news
District of Columbia Chapter
Sierra Club DC Chapter Vice Chair Mark Rodeffer testified before the DC Council that the best way to mitigate the effects of climate change is to mitigate its causes, which is primarily burning fossil fuels.
Idaho Chapter
What I didn’t know that first week, but that I do now, is that those historic “events” were actually part of a larger grassroots movement of community voices that have banded together for sweeping transformational change. And at the heart of that…
New Jersey Chapter
In a letter to the editor of the Jersey Journal, the Hudson County Group's David "Ace" Case speaks out regarding the proposed construction of an apartment building on land that had been designated as parkland in Jersey City.
New Jersey Chapter
Today the state legislature passed bill S1016(Smith)/ A2070(Calabrese): Restricts use of neonicotinoid pesticides. The bill passed with a vote of 30-6 in the Senate and 54-22-2 in the Assembly. It will now go to the Governor’s desk to sign.
New Jersey Chapter
Today the NJ State Assembly passed bill S2515(Smith)/A4676(Quijano). The bill establishes post-consumer recycled content requirements for rigid plastic containers, glass containers, paper and plastic carryout bags, and plastic trash bags; and…
Great Waters Group / Wisconsin Chapter / Wisconsin
The Sierra Club Great Waters Group has named journalist Isiah Holmes as the Environmental Hero of the Year for his outstanding reporting. The award will be presented online on Jan. 17 during the program featuring Professor Al Gedicks on “…