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Webinars to help you advance climate literacy in your community's schools: June 30 and July 7
June 26, 2020
Join our Climate Literacy Committee for a Zoom webinar that will show how to advance climate literacy in your community's schools.
A message from chapter leaders on the #BlackLivesMatter protests
June 4, 2020
Recognizing that white silence allows for a culture of white supremacy to continue, and understanding that the history of our nation’s environmental movement is one that excluded—and continues to exclude—a large swath of America, we are determined...
Ninth Circuit judges uphold coal ruling, side with coal terminal developers
June 4, 2020
Three Ninth Circuit judges have upheld a previous decision, overturning the City of Oakland’s prohibition on handling and storage of coal. The Sierra Club will continue to support the city as it looks for a solution that creates jobs at the new...
Sierra Club joins City of Richmond in legal fight to phase out polluting coal dust from shipping terminal
June 1, 2020
The Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper have moved to intervene as full parties in the lawsuits to defend the City of Richmond’s ordinance that phases out the storage and handling of coal and petroleum coke in the city.
Slow Streets – now and forever?
May 19, 2020
Today’s Slow Streets initiatives continue the momentum of programs like Better Market Street, and show that cities are no longer submitting to the rule of automobiles. Pedestrians and cyclists deserve safer cities both now and beyond our public...
The Nominating Committee: Helping to make the grassroots grow
May 19, 2020
Every year, the work of ensuring free and fair elections for Sierra Club Chapter and Group Executive Committee (ExCom) positions is carried out by a committee you may not have heard much about: the Chapter Nomination Committee (NomCom). The work is...
Promoting climate change literacy in schools: More important than ever
May 18, 2020
It’s obvious that the pandemic will force schools to confront a new set of challenges in funding and focus, but the urgency of our climate emergency has not lessened. In fact, the pandemic has demonstrated what can happen when threats like climate...
New study demonstrates dangers of gas appliances to public health
May 18, 2020
A new study out of UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health provides insight on the impacts of gas appliances on air quality and health at a time when we are focused more than ever on public health. The nature of COVID-19 means that those who have...
Contra Costa poised to approve new oil and gas wells near homes in Brentwood
May 14, 2020
In the midst of a pandemic, Contra Costa County is poised to approve an application to drill new oil and gas wells within 1,100 feet of homes in unincorporated Brentwood. Living near oil and gas wells can cause asthma, cancer, respiratory illness,...
Help preserve Alameda County's eviction moratorium
May 11, 2020
In late March, as pandemic-related job losses mounted and rent payments loomed, many hundreds of our members and supporters responded to our call to urge their city and county representatives to implement emergency eviction and foreclosure...