Blog posts from around the country
District of Columbia Chapter
The Sierra Club is celebrating the Centennial of the National Park Service. Sierra Club kicked off our celebration in January with NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis, Michael Brune, Allis
North Star Chapter
The Sierra Club’s Inspiring Connections Outdoors (ICO) is a community outreach program that provides opportunities for urban youth and adults to explore, enjoy and protect the natural world. Jeff Cepek and Kris Koch are two incredible volunteers who…
Grand Canyon Chapter
Phoenix, AZ – Today, more than 160 people from 26 legislative districts from around the state gathered at the Arizona State Capitol to meet with their state legislators to encourage support for environmental protection. This year’s Environmental Day…
Massachusetts Chapter
The legislature adjourned on Wednesday evening without agreeing to compromise solar legislation. This is both good news and bad news. The good news is that the extreme policy measures in the House bill won’t become law any time soon. The bad news is…
Santa Lucia Chapter
The first two days of public hearings on the proposal to bring trains bearing tar sands crude oil through California to the Phillips 66 refinery in Nipomo made dramatically clear the massive statewide opposition to the project.
Wisconsin Chapter
The legislature is working to push a bill through that would make it easier to sell Wisconsin’s public water utilities and sewage systems to private companies. AB554/SB432 has passed the full Assembly (on a voice-vote, so we don’t know who