Chapter Updates

By Felice Pace, North Group Water ChairRecently I received a notice announcing that the State Water Resources Control Board has proposed establishing a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 5 parts per trillion (ppt) for the chemical 1,2,3-...

By Joe Feller, Solano Group Chair, and Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairOn March 6 the Vallejo Planning Commission voted 6 - 1 to reject the deep-water port and cement factory known as the Orcem/VMT project. Orcem, an Irish company behind the...

By Shoshana HebshiRedwood Chapter Communications CoordinatorOpponents to a proposed cement plant and deepwater marine terminal in Vallejo, including Solano Group Sierra Club members, are bracing for the city to make a decision after months of...

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By Shoshana HebshiRedwood Chapter Communications CoordinatorThough the drought may be over for now, water is very much still on the minds of rural residents, public officials and agricultural entities in Sonoma County. The reservoirs and rivers are...

By Shoshana Hebshi, Redwood Chapter Communications CoordinatorBeing an environmentalist on the North Coast can feel like standing in front of an armed tank in peaceful protest during a military battle. Sometimes there’s a standoff, sometimes there’...

West County residents living in and around Occidental and Guerneville can attend a public hearing tonight, February 16, at Monte Rio Community Center to share their thoughts to Sonoma County Water Agency’s board on proposed changes to the...

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairAbout eighteen months after President Obama declared Berryessa Snow Mountain a national monument, effectively protecting the 330,000-acre section of sensitive public lands, Sierra Club joined other...

By Nancy Tamarisk, Napa Group ChairIn what could be a landmark case uniting the fights against deforestation and climate change, the Sierra Club has joined the Center for Biological Diversity to file a lawsuit challenging Napa County’s approval of...

By Peter Brooks, Sierra Club Solano Group and Fresh Air VallejoHello from South Vallejo, where residents don't want a cement factory just 450 yards from their elementary school. Just after Labor Day 2015, the City of Vallejo posted a Draft...