Get in drive for Clean Transportation Plan's next steps
February 13, 2023
Just over a year ago, Gov. Roy Cooper directed state agencies to come up with a clean transportation plan. What progress have we made since then? What's next on our route toward becoming the "Green Roads State"?
Meet the N.C. Chapter's 2023 leaders
February 10, 2023
A clutch of new leaders has stepped up to guide the N.C. Sierra Club's activities in 2023. Thanks to all our members who voted in the year-end Chapter and Group executive committee elections!
2022 in review: Clean energy, safer air & water, brighter future for all in NC
December 20, 2022
The N.C. Sierra Club took long strides in 2022 toward our goals for clean energy and clean transportation development, lasting protections for our air and water, and the inclusion of all North Carolinians in our environmental priorities and progress.
Green Roads lead to opportunities for NC workers
November 15, 2022
We've talked a lot about the environmental benefits North Carolina can reap from "greening" our roads and the vehicles that use them. There's another way North Carolinians can profit - literally - as we continue our path toward becoming the "Green...
News: Cooper's clean transportation EO will bring health, equity, economic boosts
October 25, 2022
In another step towards North Carolina’s clean transportation future, Gov. Roy Cooper today signed an executive order directing the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to begin the rulemaking process to adopt the Advanced Clean Trucks rule,...
Hogwash: Biogas is no solution for clean energy, hog farm pollution
October 18, 2022
Industrial hog companies promote biogas as a clean energy source and a way to use up hog farm waste. The dirty truth is this: Making biogas from hog waste doesn’t solve the industry’s longstanding air and water pollution problems in North Carolina....
Justice now for NC communities 'first & worst' affected by pollution
September 21, 2022
It's been a long time coming, but environmental justice is increasingly a priority for people who are tired of their communities being "first and worst" when it comes to waste dumps, toxic emissions into air and water, and other human-made...
Storm brewing: Hurricane season highlights need for coastal protections
September 16, 2022
The Atlantic region has been spared major storms so far as we enter the second half of the 2022 hurricane season. Still, North Carolinians know that the coming months traditionally see the worst weather, and we'll need to stay vigilant. Our leaders...
In grateful memory: former Chapter Chair Rod Hunter
August 21, 2022
In 2003, Rod Hunter had an awakening thanks to a 10-day Sierra Club hike in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge: "I need to help protect this amazing world for my grandchildren to enjoy." That adventure led to many more and - importantly for...
NC needs an immediate team effort to fight plastic pollution
August 16, 2022
Take a look around you right now: It's almost inevitable that you'll lay eyes on something made out of plastic: It's become nearly as ubiquitous as the air we breathe - and it's a threat to that same air, as well as water and human health. In North...