Sierra Club President To Give Keynote Address
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Clean Energy: Why Natural Gas Doesn't Make The Cut
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ve you ever had to turn away millions of dollars? It sounds crazy, but here’s why the Sierra Club chose to do exactly that. In 2010, soon after I became the organization’s executive director, I learned that beginning in 2007 the Sierra Club had received more than $26 million from individuals or subsidiaries of Chesapeake Energy, one of the country’s largest natural gas companies.
Climate change: The need for blue-green jobs
The tug of war over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline sets the stage for an archetypal battle of tree-huggers against the economy. This is, of course, exactly the way Big Money and Big Oil hope to frame the debate, capitalizing on an economy that has been staggering along on shaky legs.
Obituaries
Howard Kayton, Leader, Outings Chair
Where Have All The Bears Gone?
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.
The Chapter’s Forest Committee sponsors this program that traces the history of the mighty grizzly bear that used to dominate local mountains and valleys until the rise of two-legged competition.
Start Your New's Year's Adventures With These Chapter Trips
Begin planning your 2012 vacation with trips to Alaska, Virginia and Colorado sponsored by Angeles Chapter entities. All benefit the Chapter while providing a good value and a good adventure — and you don’t have to be a Sierra Club member to go. (But you might want to become a member and take advantage of member discounts.)
Ski Trips For Every Level (Beginers Welcome) - and Even Snow-Lovers Who Don't Ski
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| Leader Scott Meek and his friend, Koala, on a back-country ski tour in Mammoth. photo Donna Specht/OCSS |
Southern Sierran Toasting a Successful Century Of Activism And Outings
by Bob Gates
Angeles Chapter Historian
Homes and oil don't mix in Montebello Hills
The Montebello Hills are riddled with old oil wells, and one company intends to keep drilling at a proposed hillside development of 1,200 homes; but are oil and homes really a good mix? The Sierra Club’s Save the Montebello Hills Task Force says no, and is working to stop the housing project.
