Blog posts from around the country
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
Florida Chapter
The proposed Sabal Trail Pipeline would wind from Alabama through southwest Georgia to Central Florida, bringing 1 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas to just south of Orlando in Osceola County.
District of Columbia Chapter
Excerpted from the website of the Coalition for Smarter Growth (see http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/2041/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1341580), posted February 3:
North Star Chapter
Totally hooked on bike commuting this summer, I welcomed the new challenge of taking on the Minnesota winter. So far it’s been well worth the effort—because a great ride, any time of year, helps me find balance between work and life. While the…