Blog posts from around the country
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The Houston Regional Group of the Sierra Club joined forces recently with the nonprofit group Solar United Neighbors (SUN) and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in announcing the launch of Houston’s citywide solar co-op that will help Houston residents…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
What does a multi-family development look like where you know all your neighbors and do things together? The speaker for our June 10 program will be Steve Stelzer, the Program Director at the City of Houston Green Building Resource Center. Steve is…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Brandt MannchenI can think of no better way to spend Earth Day than to watch and photograph prairie restoration in action, via a prescribed burn on Marysee Prairie....
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Loxahatchee Group / Florida Chapter / Florida
Boca Raton needs your help to ban polystyrene foam products, balloons, and confetti in city facilities and on city property.
Southeast Iowa Sierra Club / Iowa Chapter / Fairfield Iowa
Diane Porter, birdwatching expert and founder of Birdwatching.com, gives a great talk and slideshow on the Iowa birds of spring.
New Jersey Chapter
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is holding a public hearing this morning on the proposed Advanced Clean Truck Program and Fleet Reporting Requirements. This is a precedent-setting policy from California that has two compartments.
New Jersey Chapter
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted Williams Transco’s Request for Extension of Time. This gives Transco two more years to construct the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project (NESE) in order to “obtain the required permits and…
North Star Chapter
Last month on Earth Day, two Sierra Club Northstar Chapter organizations—the Waters and Wetlands Stewards and the Zero Waste Task Force—co-hosted a presentation about microplastics. University of Minnesota Researcher Mary Kosuth, who studies…