Borderlands Boondoggle
U.S.-Mexico border wall. Photo by Jeff Foote.By Maureen Dowd, volunteer with the Sierra Club's Borderlands Program in Tucson This month, our country and the rest of the world has smiled watching the...
View ArticleBeyond Oil Summit Engages Local Leaders to Transition California to a Clean...
Employees striking over safety hazards at the Tesoro oil refinery in Martinez, California, earlier this year.The Sierra Club’s 2015 Moving California Beyond Oil Summit could not have come at a more...
View ArticleLearning from King Canute: Sea Level Rise Tests the California Public...
King Canute on the Seashore tells the story of the wise 10th century Anglo-Scandinavian King who, tired of sycophantic courtiers that praised him as all-powerful, took his throne to the ocean's edge...
View ArticleWill the CEC Take a Step Towards Closing the Door on Dirty Gas?
California is rushing into a clean energy future.Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB350 into law, which requires utilities to procure at least 50 percent of their power from clean...
View Article"Green" Film Screening Under the Stars
Community members shared in good food and company at an out-of-doors Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic of Our Time screening, August 27. By filmmakers Ann & Steve Dunsky, the Emmy award...
View ArticleWild Colorado Extravaganza
St. Cajetan Catholic Church provided food, music, and media for a Sierra Club Wild Colorado Extravaganza, September 9. Latino/Latina community church-going youths, their family members, and other...
View ArticleSt. Louis Stream Protection Rule Hearing
Held by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on the newly proposed Stream Protection Rule, the St. Charles Missouri hearing allowed the testimonies of 38 people on behalf of the...
View ArticleCoalfield Residents Speak Up for Stream Protection Rule
Last month, Sierra Club volunteers and staff joined coalfield residents and activists from the Center for Coal Field Justice, Mountain Watershed Association, and the Citizens Coal Council at a hearing...
View ArticleClub Co-Hosts "Stop the Frack Attack" Summit in Denver
Every two years, Sierra Club ally EARTHWORKS hosts a national anti-fracking summit. The two organizations are partners in the Stop the Frack Attack (SFTA) network. This year's summit was held in Denver...
View ArticleMinnesotans Rally for a Just Clean Power Plan
Among the People's Climate Movement events held around the country this month was a petition-signing event at a Communications Workers of America (CWA) union hall in Minneapolis, chosen to symbolize...
View ArticleParks for All Centennial Celebration
In 1864 Abraham Lincoln designated California's Yosemite Valley as a state park "held for public use, resort, and recreation."Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, great American conservationist conservative...
View ArticleUtah's National Parks Deserve Clean Air
Over 30,000 people signed a petition asking the EPA and to put Utah's families, health, and economy first by guaranteeing the same fair and equal protection from coal pollution as they’ve afforded...
View ArticleSierra & Tierra: The Heroic Resistance of a Latino Community Besieged by...
If I were a presidential candidate (fat chance!) and someone asked me whom I admire the most, I would answer any of the hundreds of heroes who defend their communities against a daily toxic...
View ArticlePennsylvanias Rally For Climate Action
On November 12, upwards of 150 Americans rallied in Pennsylvania for the Clean Power Plan (CPP). Pittsburgh families, union leaders, faith leaders, student activists, and other such prominent community...
View ArticleIllinois Delivers 35,000 Petitions to Governor
Read the Sierra Club Press Release "Illinois Community Leaders Deliver Nearly 35,000 Petitions Asking Governor Rauner to Support the Clean Power Plan. Health, Faith, Clean Energy and Business Leaders...
View ArticlePennsylvanians Rally For Climate Action
On November 12, upwards of 150 Americans rallied in Pennsylvania for the Clean Power Plan (CPP). Pittsburgh families, union leaders, faith leaders, student activists, and other such prominent community...
View ArticleNY ❤ Clean Energy
On October 30th, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) greenlighted half of New York's coal plants for retirement. NYISO announced that the Huntley and Dunkirk coal plants were no longer...
View ArticleSierra Club's 14th Annual Environmental Conference
On Saturday, November 7, 2015, the 14th annual grassroots community environmental conference was held in Memphis, Tennessee at the University of Memphis. This was the second year the University of...
View ArticleSeattle's Northwest Power & Conservation Council Hearing
Last night was Seattle's Northwest Power & Conservation Council's hearing on its Draft 7th Power Plan. Upwards of 60 residents from the Puget Sound area turned out; and so many people signed up to...
View ArticleKern County OKs Big Oil’s Request to Fast Track Drilling and Fracking for...
Last Monday, November 9, the Kern County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve a deeply flawed oil and gas zoning law that greenlights drilling more than 70,000 new wells in the county over...
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