Blog posts from around the country

New Jersey Chapter
The Assembly has passed A1978 (Pinkin) / S864 (Smith) and the Senate concurred. The bill prohibits the provision or sale of single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, and expanded polystyrene foam food service products. It…
New Jersey Chapter
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that will require new cars sold in the state to be electric or otherwise zero-emissions. The state’s clean air regulator, the California Air Resources Board, will develop regulations that ensure every new…
Wisconsin Chapter
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has handed Friends of the Black River Forest a victory. The Court found that the land exchange decision anticipated that Kohler Co. would construct a golf course and noted the impact of the decision on the Friends’…
Wisconsin Chapter
With less than 50 days until November 3rd, you can help ensure everyone’s voice is heard by joining our voter mobilization efforts.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Some bad news and some good news in the ongoing fight to keep public land public at Richmond's Point Molate.
Lone Star Chapter
We tried to warn the Texas legislature about the dangers of storing low-level nuclear waste in West Texas years ago. Predictably, the majority of them shrugged us off- and now there is a much more serious predicament unfolding. We told them it was…
Lone Star Chapter
The Texas Commission On Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will be holding a series of virtual public meetings in October to get input from the public about ways to improve their public notice process in order to comply with Title VI of the 1964 Civil…
Maryland Chapter
In a recent letter, Sierra Club called on the Maryland Commission on Climate Change's (MCCC) Mitigation Working Group to recommend bold, ambitious climate actions for the Governor and General Assembly.
North Carolina Chapter
In this first of three articles about Duke Energy's rate case, we'll explain why we believe the utility's shareholders - not ratepayers - should cover the cost of cleaning up its 80 billion tons of coal ash, a chore that's expected to cost between $…
Georgia Chapter
Twin Pine Minerals, LLC, reportedly does not have a lease for a portion of the 900 acres the company wants to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp, though it has already applied for the permit needed to mine on that land.