Blog posts from around the country
Lone Star Chapter
Today, Sierra Club has agreed not to oppose a settlement to conclude the Xcel rate case currently pending at the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). While Xcel operates as Southwestern Public Service (SPS) in the contiguous Texas and New…
Lone Star Chapter
Today, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) held an open meeting during the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter demanded that the oil and gas agency be stricter on pollution enforcement and be more transparent about their actions with the public.
North Carolina Chapter
As it does every year, spring brings beautiful new life to our environment. But this spring is like no other in the lives of most of us. And even as some make tentative, hopeful moves toward a return to pre-pandemic norms, we still have time to…
North Carolina Chapter
When the New Hanover County Commission voted without warning to invite a multinational company to build a cement plant on the banks of the Cape Fear River, residents were dismayed - then angry. With support from the N.C. Sierra Club, the community…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Today’s Slow Streets initiatives continue the momentum of programs like Better Market Street, and show that cities are no longer submitting to the rule of automobiles. Pedestrians and cyclists deserve safer cities both now and beyond our public…
Lone Star Chapter
On May 22 -23rd, the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas in partnership with the Gulf South for Green New Deal Initiative will host and broadcast the historical event: the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal for Human Rights. Due to COVID-19 concerns, this…
Lone Star Chapter
Over the past several weeks, a entity named TEERP Power Station LLC has secured various approvals through the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) towards a potential restart of the mothballed Gibbons Creek coal-fired power plant located…
Lone Star Chapter
Sierra Club, joined by Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Integrity Project, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Public Citizen, Environment Texas, and Air Alliance Houston, submitted comments on the proposed 2020 Annual Monitoring…
Lone Star Chapter
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) approved a permit for air pollution from the Texas LNG fracked gas export facility. Texas LNG is one of three fracked gas export terminals proposed for the Rio Grande Valley, the cumulative…