Oregon Chapter Blog

Photo credit: Bureau of Land Management By Bill Arthur, Snake/Columbia River Salmon Campaign Chair and Irene Vlach, Oregon Chapter Campaign Representative The past few months have been a busy time for the campaign to save the Snake...

At the Sierra Club we know that climate change is perhaps the most important environmental issue of our time. And though the climate crisis impacts everyone, those impacts do not fall equally upon all communities. We have learned that our best path...

The Climate Forest Connection: Sierra Club joins 70 other groups in the Climate Forest coalition calling on the Biden administration to take executive action to protect mature trees and forests on federal lands—critical in the fight against climate...

Right now, we have the opportunity to make our voices heard on the Biden Administration's efforts to protect 30% of lands and waters by 2030 by submitting a public comment. The Department of the Interior, in coordination with the Departments of...

Last year was transformative for securing political leadership to address Snake River salmon and the need to remove the four Lower Snake River to recover these endangered runs. We now have senior leadership from all three states (Idaho, Oregon, and...

On October 21 and 22, our campaign to restore the Snake River celebrated two major milestones. This is long-awaited news for those who cherish and rely on the Snake River– including Tribes, salmon and orca, local communities, and all who care about...

Two significant positives happened recently in the campaign to restore the Snake River and those who rely on it – including salmon, Tribes, local communities, and more. First, Senator Murray (WA) and Governor Inslee (WA) issued a statement Friday,...

The complicated process to establish the Elliott State Research Forest remains complicated. In 2017, after an attempt by the State Land Board to sell the forest for $220.8 million was met with public uproar, the State agreed to keep the forest in...

In a new effort to make critical progress on climate and to clean up a major source of unhealthy air pollution, Oregon has proposed a set of new regulations that would begin a much-needed transition to much cleaner trucks. We need your help to...

Thanks to years of grassroots organizing and legal advocacy, the City of Portland Bureau of Developmental Services just denied a key certification needed by Zenith Energy’s oil-by-rail operations in NW Portland. Zenith needed the City to file a...