Blog posts from around the country

North Star Chapter
Minnesota Power is still trying to build Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC), a proposed new gas-burning power plant. Despite a ruling last July that NTEC was not “needed or reasonable” and not in the public interest, the Minnesota PUC approved the…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
This is an opportunity for you to be represented at an important Regional Climate Emergency Mobilization Strategy meeting taking place next Friday, July 26th. We ask Sierra Club members and supporters to please call and ask their mayor, city council…
Santa Cruz Group / Ventana Chapter / California
The recent fire in Monterey County, caused by PG&E’s failing infrastructure, is no surprise. It underscores PG&E’s decades of egregious failure to provide a safe system -- neither adequately maintaining nor upgrading its weak, antiquated,…
North Carolina Chapter
It's not just the state budget that's in a stalemate at the General Assembly. Cassie Gavin reports that some environmentally interesting measures appear to be caught in a back-and-forth that is preventing them from reaching votes.
Washington State Chapter
Last week, the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild & Scenic Rivers Act had a successful congressional hearing in the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. This is a key step in the congressional process…
Washington State Chapter
On June 22, 2019, the Chapter’s Water and Salmon Committee held an outing to the Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge, led by Phyllis Farrell of the South Sound Group.
San Francisco Bay Chapter
On Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to approve a groundbreaking ordinance that prohibits the installation of polluting gas infrastructure for new buildings. This is an important step toward clean, healthy, and affordable…
Lone Star Chapter
For each of the more than 50 vetoes dealt by Abbott this session, he explained his reasoning, calling most of them “good bills gone bad.” That was certainly true of SB 1804 by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, his veto of HB 1059 shows that he still has a long…
Wisconsin Chapter
Check out our webinar! This past week the Sierra Club Wildlife Team presented on why Gray Wolves should remain on the Endangered Species list, as the Wisconsin Gray Wolves are facing being delisted by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The…
Wisconsin Chapter
Local governments make a difference and are demonstrating strong leadership here in Wisconsin. Across Wisconsin, communities are taking the lead in the transition to clean energy, in safeguarding us from factory farms and other threats, and more.…