Blog posts from around the country
Maryland Chapter
On March 27th, the Sierra Club and other members of the Get Maryland Moving Coalition convened at the Baltimore Metropolitan Council to testify in support of a bold aggressive 25-year transit plan for the Greater Baltimore Region. As it’s now in its…
Santa Barbara Group / Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter / California
So many opponents turned out to comment at the oil hearing on ERGs project and Cat Canyon oil expansion on March 13th, the Planning Commission ran out of time to discuss and continued the item to March 27 and then May 29.
Lone Star Chapter
The Texas Legislature is moving at break-neck speed, offering up both good and bad legislative ideas, committee hearings, and wrangling over budget items. As Sierra Club gears up for our Lone Star Lobby Day(s) on April 11t (and April 12 if needed),…
Massachusetts Chapter
Read about new regulations to fix gas leaks, provisions for electric vehicle ready space, new solar and battery storage projects in the state, youth documentary 'Under Pressure' and much more in the March edition of the Climate Leadership newsletter.
District of Columbia Chapter
DC Chapter Chair Mark Rodeffer submitted testimony for the budget hearing for the Department of Energy and Environment requesting full funding for DC's groundbreaking clean energy bill and ensuring the revenue necessary to fund essential programs.
District of Columbia Chapter
The Sierra Club wrote DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson asking that the DC Council fund the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act of 2018 and other environmental priorities. The letter asks Mendelson to retain in the fiscal year 2020 budget two commercial…
New Jersey Chapter
Late Friday night, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by President Trump that lifted an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in 120 million acres of the Arctic Ocean and parts of the North Atlantic coast was unlawful. The decision, by…
North Carolina Chapter
Durham City Council members unanimously passed a resolution on Monday that commits the city to an equitable transition to 100% renewable energy and carbon neutrality by 2050.