Should We Legislate or Ban Water Futures? A Closer Look.

  • Posted on 7 March 2022
  • By Bill Martin - Co-Chair, Sierra Club California Water Committee
About a year ago, I reported on a new water futures market on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The market is based on an index, which is based on the sales  transactions of actual water in CA, including statewide and in 5 sub-basins in the  Southern CA area. The index price is reset weekly, and that reset influences the prices of the water futures. No actual water changes hands; these futures contracts are settled only in dollars.  

What is Sierra Club California and How Does it Protect the Environment?

  • Posted on 7 March 2022
  • By Brandon Dawson - Director, Sierra Club California
 
As a newbie to Sierra Club, you hear all kinds of Sierra Club entities being thrown around. National, Sierra Club California, Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club Bay Chapter and the list goes on. We’re here to shed a little light today on Sierra Club California.
 

Water Conservation Tips

  • Posted on 7 March 2022
  • By Sidney M Pitcher
As you may know, it’s becoming more important for everyone to try hard to conserve water due to the increased frequency of dangerous droughts brought on by climate change. Here are some important water conservation tips individuals, including cities can implement on a daily basis.
 
Rainwater and greywater harvesting
       

What's Up Poseidon?

  • Posted on 7 March 2022
  • By Charming Evelyn & Ray Hiemstra
In April of last year, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board voted to grant Poseidon a permit to move ahead with the construction of their ocean desalination plant. The next step of course is that Poseidon would have to come before the California Coastal Commission (CCC).
 

Action of the Month - March

  • Posted on 7 March 2022
  • By Everette Phillips, Communications Chair

Register for AddUp and Register to show support for the "No to Poseidon Desalination Plant!"

South Orange County’s Water Woes - Residents Weep!

  • Posted on 2 March 2022
  • By Penny Elia, Sierra Club member
Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
While the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner tells of the misfortunes of a seaman and suggests that despite being surrounded by something, you cannot benefit from it, the tale of ocean desalination suggests the same.  The South Coast Water District’s proposed Doheny Ocean Desalination Plant in South Orange County is an excellent example of this conundrum.
 

Who Knew You Could Find A Marshland in The Middle of a City?

  • Posted on 2 March 2022
  • By Al Sattler
The Bixby Marshland is a 17-acre marsh near the intersection of Figueroa Street and Sepulveda Boulevard in the City of Carson, on land owned by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County. Marshland is a transitional area between terrestrial (land) and aquatic (water) environments. There are many native plants and animals, especially ones that need wetlands and depend on the marsh for survival.
 

Stormwater, what is it exactly; and why should we regulate it?

  • Posted on 2 March 2022
  • By Guest Writer Annelisa Moe
In Southern California, we have a storm drain system and a sewage system that are completely separate. The storm drain system is called the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). Two main types of water flow through the MS4: (1) Stormwater, which is rainwater that cannot infiltrate into the ground naturally and instead builds up as it flows over the ground, and (2) dry weather runoff, which originates when it is not raining through activities such as overwatering lawns or washing cars.
 

Angeles Chapter Water Committee Celebrates World Water Day March 22nd 2022

  • Posted on 1 March 2022
  • By Charming Evelyn

What is World Water Day?

World Water Day has been celebrated by the United Nations annually since 1993 to shine the spotlight on water use, water conservation, water innovation and the lack of access to water in many countries. Wars have been waged over water.
 

Action of the Month - If you do only one thing during February- then Sign this petition

  • Posted on 7 February 2022
  • By Everette Phillips
How does a business supporter of the Sierra Club decide on which action to take if they only have 15 minutes during a week or even during a month where taking action is possible? 
 
We have 100,000 supporters in Southern California, and each one is busy with their personal day-to-day life issues.  Most would take action if it was easy, so this is our goal on the Southern Sierra team.
 

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