Oregon Chapter Blog

It is not only the Sierra Club’s mission to preserve and protect the environment; it is also our goal to explore and enjoy our natural spaces as much as possible. This month’s spotlight volunteer Tom Lum Forest knows this all too well and that is...

Driver's license are privilege owed to everyone who receives the necessary training, passes the tests, and pays the processing fees - regardless of their national origins. That is why the Oregon Sierra Club supports the Equal Access to Roads Act (HB...

An update about our legislative priorities from our Conservation Director and lobbyist Rhett Lawrence. The end is in sight -- one more month left in the 2019 State Legislature!

Chinook salmon comprise of 80% of the Southern Resident orcas’ diet. So when salmon are in trouble, the orca are too. The steep declines of Snake River spring chinook are a big part of the problem orca face today; restoring this river and its large...

After the 2016 presidential elections, Virginia felt the utter shock which took hold of many people in the United States on November 3rd. It immediately inspired her to activism. While she cares deeply about many causes such as reproductive rights,...

Learn more about the status of this year's legislative priorities!

Here’s a quick update on the regulatory and grassroots status of the fight against the deceptive fracked-gas export scheme on Oregon’s southern coast, the Jordan Cove Energy Project, and the 229-mile pipeline necessary to feed it, the Pacific...

Carrying crude oil extracted from the tar sands in Canada, hundreds of rail cars travel through several U.S. states, along the Columbia River Gorge, through densely populated urban areas en-route to the Portland rail yard. Zenith Energy, a Houston-...

We have just passed the halfway point of the 2019 legislative session, and this past Tuesday, April 9, marked the first real legislative deadline: bills that have not made it out of their committee of origin by that date are dead for the session....

The Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club recently completed an assessment of our organizational conservation priorities for 2019. We had 31 conversations with those partners and volunteer leaders around the state to help us shape our 2019 priority...