Tina Bowman doesn’t just bag peaks, she conquers long lists of peaks.

The mountaineer, climber, Sierra Club leader and Angeles Chapter member received the Club’s Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award that honors people who make significant contributions to mountaineering and “enhancement of the Club’s prestige in this field.”

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The Angeles Chapter relies on volunteers to carry out the mission and goals of the Sierra Club. Here are some opportunities on how to get involved. If you are interested, contact Senior Chapter Director Ron Silverman at (213) 387-4289 or e-mail him at ron.silverman@sierraclub.org.

Tom Bowman (pictured) of the Climate Report talks with author and activist Bill McKibben about overcoming the fossil fuel industry’s unrelenting pursuit of “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math.” Bowman, a Sierra Club Angeles Chapter member, interviewed McKibben after his recent breakthrough article appeared in

Just in terms of energy policy alone, we are on the verge of one of the most important presidential elections in our lifetime. The decisions that will be made during this next presidential term will not only impact the way we produce and use energy but what kind of a planet we will leave for future gener-ations. This article will briefly summarize the Sierra Club’s Energy Resources Policy.

When my husband and I bought a 1922 Craftsman a year ago, we started making changes that would transform it into a sustainable home.


On Sunday, June 3, the Hundred Peaks Section offered a special outing called the “first Sunday in June hike with Stag Brown.” The first of these special outings was conducted on June 6, 1982, so this marked the 30th anniversary of these annual events.

The Sierra Club in June launched Wind Works, a new campaign to advocate for renewal of the Production Tax Credit, or PTC, for wind energy. The credit is a federal tax policy that helps level the playing field by providing the certainty the wind industry needs for continued growth.

There’s been a scuttle of congressional activity surrounding what one newspaper has said “may be one of the most important stories ever ignored by the media.”