Chapter Updates

Biomass plants emit three times as much carbon as natural gas (methane) and 1.5 times as much as coal. Its emissions include fine particulate matter, which is very toxic and causes significant health issues, including asthma, among people who live...

Reports and studies by the Air Resources Board tell us that during the next 15 years it will be necessary to reduce average vehicle miles traveled by more than 1% per year for each California resident. Merely shifting people into electric vehicles...

A California appeals court ruled Sept. 30 that Napa County violated state law in approving the large Walt Ranch vineyard development in the mountains east of the city of Napa. The decision sends the project, which would destroy more than 300 acres...

Climate activists turned out in force in at least a dozen locations in Redwood Chapter on September 20, determined to add their voices to the nationwide chorus demanding immediate action to halt global warming and avert climate catastrophe.

This summer, North Group sponsored three campers -- an 11-year-old girl from Eureka, an 11-year-old boy from Fortuna, and a 12-year-old boy from Loleta -- to attend a week-long session at Lost Coast Camp near Petrolia.

By Steve Birdlebough Chapter Transportation Chair Sierra Club recently updated its Infill Development Policy to help cities and towns address the housing and climate change crises by preventing sprawling developments, reducing automobile...

I am addressing this open letter to the Sonoma County government government officials, the California governor, and to all policymakers in the world, especially to those in areas where climate change-related phenomena (extreme heat, droughts,...

  By Woody HastingsSonoma Group member On the heels of the unfortunate “green light” for the Petaluma Safeway gas station, and along with a small station proposed at Llano Road and Highway 12, a massive 16-pump 24/7 mega-station...

 By Shoshana Hebshi Redwood Chapter Communications Coordinator   After weeks of speculation, the contentious Orcem cement plant and deep-water terminal project slated for South Vallejo has been withdrawn as of Friday, May 24...

General Plan Delayed for at least a year or more by Teri Shore, Sonoma Group Executive Committee After a lengthy public hearing and difficult conversations held April 16, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of Permit...