Janice Hahn receives Sierra Club Environmental Service Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, April 22, 2022
Contact: Jonathan Howard, Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, jonathan.howard@sierraclub.org
Earth Day 2020: Southern California Activities
This Friday (4/22) is Earth Day and the beginning of Earth Month.
Join us as we celebrate the planet and spread the word about we fight for a future where all people enjoy a healthy, thriving planet and a direct connection to nature on this day and every day.
Here are activities happening on and around Earth Day 2022.
Join the Vision Webinar on April 6th that reviews CALGEM Rulemaking – an important skill for protecting Southern California
Join the Vision Webinar on April 6th that reviews CALGEM Rulemaking – useful information for any environmentalist wanting to make a difference in Southern California where oil ang gas is involved in any way
Action of the Month - April: Phase Out Oil Drilling in LB
If you take only one action to save the planet this April, start with this...
In April, if you only do one thing, please add your name to the list of supporters encouraging Long Beach to join Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles to ban new drilling and phase out existing drilling.
Faulty Environmental Review Could Lead Glendale to Build California’s Last Gas-Fired Power Plant
Protesters call for 'no gas' at the Glendale Environmental Coalition rally in February. Photo credit: Morgan Goodwin
A Letter from the New Conservation Co-Chairs
Wendy-Sue Rosen and Cynthia “Robin” Smith are excited to be the new co-chairs of the Angeles Chapter Conservation Committee.
Pictured: Wendy-Sue Rosen
The Constant Threat Against California’s Human Right to Water
In 2012, California took the bold step of enacting AB 685, which declared that every person in the state has a right to clean, safe, and affordable drinking water. Seven years later, in 2019, Gov.
The REAL Truth Behind Carlsbad “Bud” Lewis Poseidon Desalination Plant. A Costly Mistake.
The Carlsbad ocean desalination (desal) plant, the largest in the western hemisphere, was conceived as a futile scheme to beat the 1987-92' drought. The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) was clashing with their supplier, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), over a temporary 31% drought supply reduction. That dispute was the seed of a two decades battle to have Poseidon Resources construct this energy intensive industrial water plant.
No Delta (Tunnel) Conveyance Without Building Sites Reservoir
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is considering letting California’s largest water users build a 1.5 million acre foot, or 20 sq mi, reservoir that would divert much more water from the Sacramento River. At 13,200 acres, Sites Reservoir (formally called the Sites Offstream Storage Reservoir Project) would be one of the largest reservoirs in California and would include new water diversions from the Sacramento River that could also adversely impact the Trinity River.
Should We Legislate or Ban Water Futures? A Closer Look.
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.
