Sierra Club says no to Trump's plan to withdraw from Paris Accord

  • Posted on 31 May 2017
  • By From national Sierra Club reports
At the close of the 2017 G7 Summit in Italy, the U.S. refused to sign on to a communique reaffirming a strong commitment to swiftly implement the Paris Agreement. Now President Trump has indicated the U.S. will pull out of the accord. Photo by Kiara Worth/IISD/ENB

Stand with the monuments: Tell Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke you want all national public lands to be kept intact

  • Posted on 30 May 2017
  • By From national reports

President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order that directs the Department of the Interior to review national monuments created by Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. That’s not only a brazen attack on the 111-year-old Antiquities Act under which those monuments were designated but also a barefaced betrayal of the American people.President Trump Twenty-seven of our national monuments are under attack. 

The public has just weeks to make sure our lands and waters remain protected.

The June 2017 Schedule of Activities is here

  • Posted on 29 May 2017
  • By From Chapter reports

Check out hundreds of Angeles Chapter Sierra Club day hikes, backpacking trips and events coming up this month in the June 2017 Schedule of Activities.

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Trump's 2018 budget: What it means for the environment (brace yourself)

  • Posted on 25 May 2017
  • By Jim Hines
President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 budget released May 23 will have a negative impact on wildlife, ocean protection and public land resources in Southern California and across our nation.
A few highlights:
 
--Elimination of royalties paid from offshore oil drilling to federal government (these monies are used to purchase national parklands and state and city grants for local parklands).
 

The Santa Monica Mountains power couple: Mary Ann and Ron Webster

  • Posted on 26 April 2017
  • By Maddy Crawford

If you’ve set foot in the Santa Monica Mountains at least once in your life, you may have walked on a trail designed and created by Ron Webster. In fact, it's highly probable you have.

Ron, 83, and the Sierra Club's Santa Monica Mountains Task Force, have worked to make the mountains accessible in a long circuit of different trails that come together as the Backbone Trail. The 67-mile thru trail creates a nonstop route from Will Rogers State Park in L.A. to Pt. Mugu State Park in Ventura County. 

Out of a hiker's untimely death comes a great gift

  • Posted on 26 April 2017
  • By From Chapter reports

Last October, Bob Woodie set off on a four-day trip in the eastern Sierra to do what he loved most: hiking and fishing. The 74-year-old Manhattan Beach resident and avid backpacker may have had his sights set on hiking in the South Lake area near Bishop.

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