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News Archive
Join us for National Drive Electric Week events
July 28, 2015 By From Chapter reports
What's the true size of your carbon footprint?
July 21, 2015 By Sarah S. Mosko
Angeles Chapter ICO takes kids to Catalina Island
July 14, 2015 By Shirley Weizma
Banning Ranch: Why the development plan for this coastal open space makes no sense
July 14, 2015 By Michelle A. Hoskinson
How can the Chapter attract and engage new leaders?
July 6, 2015 By From Chapter reports
The new Schedule of Activities is here!
July 5, 2015 By From Chapter reports
Year of Muir - Hiking the John Muir Trail on YouTube
July 2, 2015 By George Watland

Jeremy Evans, an Angeles Chapter backpacking leader and John Muir enthusiast, commemorates the Year of Muir with a YouTube documentary of his solo hike along the John Muir Trail.
Responding to the Tragic, Racially Motivated Shooting in Charleston, SC
June 19, 2015 By Bruce Hamilton, Deputy Executive Director, Sierra Club

Sierra Club has committed to advance diversity, equity and inclusion goals. We are encouraging staff and volunteers to seek out opportunities for training, learning and action.  In the wake of the tragic, racially motivated shooting in Charleston, our friends at Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) have organized a call tonight that will offer training and opportunities.
What do you think of the Rim of the Valley Corridor plan?
June 10, 2015 By From Chapter reports

National Park Service is accepting comments through June 30. Check out the study and the map and make your voice heard.
Chapter's stance on California's high-speed rail project
June 10, 2015 By From Chapter reports
Critical Mass depicts the plight of monarch butterflies through dance
June 2, 2015 By From Chapter reports
John Muir: A man full of wonder and joy
June 2, 2015 By Bruce Hamilton, Deputy Director of the Sierra Club
Before Nepal's devastating quakes, Chapter members visited and brought much-needed gifts
May 31, 2015 By From Chapter reports
Andrew Jones' passion for the planet drives generous bequest to Sierra Club
May 19, 2015 By From Chapter reports
Awards for Chapter volunteers: Photos from the annual banquet
May 19, 2015 By Philip Rojc
Sierra Club elects first African-American president
May 18, 2015 By From Sierra Club reports
New Schedule of Activities for May 2015
April 30, 2015 By From Chapter news
Angeles Chapter partners with Pando Populus to sponsor ecological conference in June
April 29, 2015 By From Chapter reports
Thank you donors who brought valuable material to our Living Legacy Library!
April 29, 2015 By Glenn Pascall
Have a solution to the California drought? Play the Innovation Games: Water
April 29, 2015 By From Chapter reports
Meet newly elected Sierra Club 2015 board members
April 29, 2015 By From Sierra Club reports
Sierra Club to Big Oil: There are no 'clean' fossil fuels
April 21, 2015 By From Sierra Club reports
New photo book is a love letter to John Muir and Southern California's mountains
April 21, 2015 By From Chapter reports
L.A.'s new sustainability plan, by the numbers
April 15, 2015 By Chapter reports
Never heard of skhiking?
April 15, 2015 By Mark Mitchell

Sierra Club members heading to Onion Valley got a lesson in skhiking, thanks to California's devastating drought.

Just say no to Huntington Beach desalination proposal
April 13, 2015 By Ray Hiemstra

Sign the Sierra Club petition to keep a desalination plant proposal in Huntington Beach from harming marine life.
Southern Sierran/Schedule of Activities for April-June is here!
Join us for Earth Day events!
March 31, 2015 By From Chapter reports
Removal of native habitat at Banning Ranch halted
March 26, 2015 By Terry Welsh

Activists score a victory when developer settles with California Coastal Commission and agrees to stop damaging habitat at the coastal open space site.
Do you want to keep Griffith Park wild? New pilot plan temporarily reopens roads in the park
March 23, 2015 By Carol Henning

L.A.'s Department of Recreation and Parks is reopening long-closed roads in Griffith Park in a pilot program aimed at handling Hollywood Sign tourists. Is it a good idea?
Come to March 26 hearing on air-quality rules about oil and gas wells
March 18, 2015 By Yvonne Watson

The South Coast Air Qualtiy Management District will hold a key hearing in Montebello about oil and gas wells throughout Southern California. Join us!
A long-awaited (and deserved) land victory in Orange County. Who cares why it happened?
March 10, 2015 By Carole Mintzer

It's hard to know what the tipping point was in this land battle but one thing's for sure: The Sierra Club never, never, never gave up.
Have you met the L.A. RIver?
March 10, 2015 By Elaine Trogman

There's a sweet, natural side to the concrete-lined L.A. River, and children could learn a lot by visiting.

Chapter activists spend an afternoon with Paul Loeb
March 10, 2015 By Philip Rojc

Author Paul Loeb talks hope -- how to preserve it and how to use it for your next environmental battle.
Sign up for Chapter leadership training by March 28
March 10, 2015 By Jane Simpson

One-day leadership training will be held April 11 at Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena.
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The March edition of the Schedule of Activities is here!
March 3, 2015 By From Chapter reports
We're proud of our record!
March 2, 2015 By Carole Mintzer

The Angeles Chapter's Annual Report takes stock of all we've done in 2014 -- and all we have yet to do. Join us!
Awards Banquet on May 3 embraces Year of Muir theme
March 2, 2015 By Glenn Pascall and Chapter reports

Sierra Club's deputy executive director and John Muir aficionado Bruce Hamilton will be keynote speaker.
L.A. activists push EPA to heighten ozone regulations
March 2, 2015 By Philip Rojc

Comment by March 17 on the EPA's stronger federal smog standards. This is a life and death issue for millions of Americans who suffer from respiratory issues like asthma.
Torrance refinery blast shows the need for more scrutiny on air quality
March 2, 2015 By Joan Davidson

Sierra Club is concerned about air quality and health impacts in the wake of the Feb. 18 refinery explosion.
Free legal toolbox workshop for environmental activists: Oil production, distribution and fracking
February 24, 2015 By Dean Wallraff

Join us for a day of legal training with lawyers and panels at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
You can help save Banning Ranch in Orange County
February 23, 2015 By Angélica González

Sign a petition that will forever protect one of Orange County's last remaining wetlands.
Sierra Club statement on Exxon Mobil Refinery Explosion in Torrance
February 18, 2015 By From Chapter reports
Travel Adventure trip to Cuba -- the yuca, Sinatra and the cars!
February 12, 2015 By Bruce Hale

The Angeles Chapter led its first trip to Cuba last year.
Drafting a safe plan for San Onofre's nuclear waste
February 12, 2015 By Glenn Pascall

First came the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear plant. Now the Chapter works with other groups to oversee safe removal of nuclear fuel.
Be inspired by 'Soul of a Citizen' author Paul Loeb
By David Haake, Angeles Chapter Vice Chair
Come meet the man who wrote the activist handbook -- and shares the secret to living a life of social commitment.
Living the green life in Leimert Park
January 30, 2015 By Angelica Gonzalez

Come tour an L.A. home that's outfitted with rooftop solar panels and has sustainable gardens too. And did we mention the Tesla and Leaf that will be on display?
Chapter volunteers who made a difference in 2014
January 30, 2015 By From Chapter reports
Join us for Angeles Chapter Comedy Show on Feb. 14
January 27, 2015 By From Chapter reports

First 50 people to show up will get in! Sierra Club giveaways too!

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[Header photo: One of four Mountain Lion Kittens P-66 through P-69 © Courtesy of National Park Service]