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News Archive
July 9, 2012 By Ilana Solomon

The massive global trade proposal called Trans-Pacific packs an environmental dark side.


July 9, 2012 By From Sierra Club reports

Here we go again!
Cadiz Inc. plans
to squeeze water from Mojave Desert's aquifers.


Declare your Independence from fossil fuels - Take the step towards rooftop solar!


Save the Date"Make a Splash for Water Conservation" Political Fundraiser on Sunday, August 26th.  RSVP by August 13th!


POSTPONED: Help preserve Mojave Desert water resources (Meeting CANCELLED)


June 18, 2012 By jrobinson

UPDATE: Action to block legislation devastating to the coastal environment.


Speak out about FRACKING: June 13 (Long Beach)


June 6, 2012 By Sarah Mosko

Pollution: With L.A.'s plastic bag ban, so goes the nation? We hope so!


June 6, 2012 By Sarah Mosko

Consumerism: Do ads make us want and buy too much stuff? Of course they do -- that's the whole point.


June 4, 2012 By Southern Sierran staff and contributors

Transportation: Move LA names Chapter activist Darrell Clarke a transportation champ!

 

 


June 4, 2012 By jrobinson

Stand up to Big Oil: Sign a petition in support of Canada's "Black Out, Speak Out Day" -- a national day of protest against toxic tar sands and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's attack on civil society organizations.


Dec. 25, 2012-Jan. 10, 2013


May 23, 2012 By Southern Sierran staff and contributors

Pollution: L.A. votes in ban on single-use plastic bags at supermarkets!

 


May 23, 2012 By jrobinson

Go Solar with Sierra Club!  Join the Rooftop Revolution and help support the Angeles Chapter.


May 21, 2012 By jrobinson

Rally to Ban Plastic Bags in L.A. City: Join us at L.A. City Hall to urge City Council to adopt a plastic bag ban on Wednesday, May 23 at 9am.


May 21, 2012 By John Barry

Nuclear power: Sierra Club's No Nukes Team notes Japan's shut down of nuclear plants.


Get involved: We are forming a task force to ensure safe operations of the San Onofre nuclear power plant and to make sure its federal license to continue operating isn’t renewed.


May 11, 2012 By Tom Williams

Southern California may be particularly vulnerable to fracking.


May 11, 2012 By jrobinson
Help Save the Santa Clara River!
Tuesday, May 15th at 9:30am.  Come testify at a hearing against Newhall Ranch Phase 2/ Mission Village.

May 10, 2012 By Carol Henning

“Shame on them!” cried labor, environmental and community activists assembled in front of American Reclamation’s waste sorting center in the Atwater area of Los Angeles.


May 10, 2012 By Carol Henning

Griffith Park: Proposed ballfields run afoul of founder's vision. Listen to KPCC debate with Sierra Club leader Joe Young.


May 10, 2012 By Don Bremmer

A federal appeals court decision in an Arizona case sharply restricts and may end the Adventure Pass program that imposes recreation fees for visitors to Angeles National Forest and other federal lands. The U.S. Forest Service, though, made no immediate move to change its fee system.


May 10, 2012 By Tiffany Saleh

“Connecting people to our lands is personally important to me,” said President Obama at the White House Conference on Conservation held in early March. The conference, convened by the President and his cabinet, was titled Growing America’s Outdoor Heritage and Economy.


May 10, 2012 By Rebecca Niemlec

The sun was setting over the horizon, casting a pink hue over the vast blue ocean before us. A cool breeze whipped over the rolling hills and blew past me, rustling our tents. The students began walking out from the brush to join me at the campsite and sat next to me silently, meditatively.


May 10, 2012 By Michael Brune

Last November, President Barack Obama used the Antiquities Act to protect Virginia’s Fort Monroe, an important and symbolic Civil War site. In April, he designated the 7,200 acres of Fort Ord on the Monterey Peninsula his second national monument.


The road to clean energy
The true cost of energy?


May 10, 2012 By Tom Politeo

It’s been about 12 years since a couple of us started working to bring clean, non-polluting trucks to the Port of Los Angeles. On a Wednesday night in April in a small trailer in a truck yard in Wilmington, a coalition that includes the Angeles Chapter’s Harbor Vision Task Force scored a victory when nearly 50 employee truck drivers voted to join the Teamsters.


May 9, 2012 By Jeremy Drake

 

Why
are we

tossing
organic waste
into landfills?


May 9, 2012 By Sierra Club reports

Sierra Club sues to stop Newhall Ranch project


May 3, 2012 By David Freeman and Shuan Burnie

San Onofre nuclear power plant isn't safe. It's time to shut it for good and look to renewables for energy.


Glen Dawson: Join us for his 100th birthday! Glen climbed with the greats, had many first ascents and was director of the club from 1937 to 1951. 


May 11-12: Visit the Angeles Chapter table at the 9th Annual AltBuild Conference & Expo, Santa Monica.


April 26, 2012 By Lynn LIvely

As a backpacker, I pride myself on being Tough. I sleep on the ground, wear the same filthy clothes for a week, eat jerky and string cheese meal after meal, and have survived for seven days with just the thirtyfive pounds on my back.


April 26, 2012 By Joan Davidson

The Chapter’s South Bay Open Space Task Force wants to see three steps taken to protect homes adjacent to the Palos Verdes Landfill. So far, regulatory agencies have been unresponsive to the task force’s concerns, and the task force would like your help to reach out to decision-makers.


One key tool every good activist Landfill’s toxic past concerns residents needs to use: the law. If you don’t know how to use it, here’s an opportunity to learn from the pros.


April 26, 2012 By Mary Patterson

There’s another national parkland plan for a mountain corridor surrounding the San Fernando, La Crescenta, Santa Clarita, Simi, and Conejo valleys. The study of the Rim of the Valley Corridor, as its known, started in 2010 and will have the final report to Congress in 2014.


April 26, 2012 By Charming Evelyn

The Angeles Chapter’s Water Committee urges L.A. officials to adopt a drought-tolerant agenda in its new landscaping effort.


April 26, 2012 By Ginny Herringer

The Sierra Club regularly participates in trail repair and removing non-native plants in Southern California forests and mountain areas. But an issue arose last fall over the Angeles National Forest’s restoration plans after the devastating Station Fire of 2009: Do we need to plant trees? And, if so, what kind?


We’re adding something new to the hikes this year that gives all hikers a chance to help keep the Angeles Chapter’s outdoors program vibrant and to protect the places where we like to hike. Every year, Chapter volunteers lead thousands of free, day hikes and walks, open to Sierra Club members and non-members alike.


April 26, 2012 By Lore Pekrul

Incentive programs are one way to change the way people think about how they use energy. Energy Upgrade California aims to do just that: reward homeowners with rebates for taking a holistic approach to their home energy use.


April 26, 2012 By Mary Morales

Sierra Club President Robin Mann will be the keynote speaker at the Angeles Chapter’s Annual Awards Banquet on May 6. The event recognizes the outstanding efforts of volunteers and staff members who have shown extreme dedication and commitment to the Chapter and its important mission.


April 26, 2012 By Michael Brune

Have you ever had to turn away millions of dollars?


February 15, 2012 By Jennifer Robinson & George Watland

Resolve to Get Involved in 2012: This year, make it your resolution to get involved with the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, and make a difference to benefit the environment!


May 12, 2012 By jrobinson

Leadership Training Workshop:
Sat., May 12 - 8:30am-3pm 
Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena


March-April Southern Sierran as a 5.2 MB pdf


February 10, 2012 By jrobinson

Become an Energy ChampionLearn how to save money, increase energy and water efficiency and earn up to $8,000 in rebates!


March 7, 2012 By Tom Politeo

Climate change: Good jobs, green jobs means creating a sustainable economy with jobs that don't harm the environment but improve it.


Howard Kayton, Bonnie Sharpe, Joe Vogel


Noted wildlife biologist Kevin Brennan will present “Grizzlies and Black Bears in the San Gabriel Mountains” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 1750 N. Altadena Drive, Pasadena.


Calendar: Begin planning your 2012 vacation with trips to Alaska, Virginia and Colorado


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