Blog posts from around the country

Lone Star Chapter
We made another video so you don't have to read it all. How easy is that?
Santa Barbara Group / Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter / California
Sitting through the all-day Plains sentencing hearing yesterday on punishment for their felony conviction for causing the 2015 Refugio oil spill was a lesson in our inability to hold oil companies like Plains accountable for even the most egregious…
Lone Star Chapter
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Rio Grande LNG fracked gas export terminal and the 135 mile-long Rio Bravo Pipeline. Rio Grande LNG is one of three…
Alabama Chapter
Thursday, April 18, Representative Neil Rafferty (D-54) introduced HB 476, the Water Conservation and Security Act, which will improve Alabama’s system of water management to better protect our rivers and streams for the quality of Alabama’s…
Grand Canyon Chapter
TUCSON, Ariz.— Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its long-awaited proposed plan for managing the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (RNCA). The proposed management plan allows destructive levels of livestock grazing to…
WNC Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine is preparing to become a test site for American chestnut trees that have been genetically modified to resist the fungal blight that nearly wiped out the species early in the last century.
Oregon Chapter
Carrying crude oil extracted from the tar sands in Canada, hundreds of rail cars travel through several U.S. states, along the Columbia River Gorge, through densely populated urban areas en-route to the Portland rail yard. Zenith Energy, a Houston-…
Washington State Chapter
This year’s Washington State legislative session has been an important one for orca and salmon recovery. Here’s a quick status update on what Sierra Club has been working on in Olympia, what isn’t quite done yet as session wraps up, and what’s next…
Washington State Chapter
We've won a historic victory, and it wouldn't have been possible without the groundwork laid by the last 12 years of activism and organizing against fossil fuels. So, what's next for the climate movement in Washington?
Wisconsin Chapter
On Saturday, April 20, the Fox Valley Group hosted their annual Earth Day Hike with enormous success. 661 people from the surrounding communities of Neenah, Menasha, and Fox Crossing turned out to enjoy the Loop the Little Lake trail. The hike was…