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News Archive
The Keeling Curve
May 24, 2019 By Written by Steve Wicke
Protecting the Mojave Desert’s Wildlife
May 24, 2019 By Written by John Monsen
Phase Out Oil in Inglewood
May 24, 2019 By Written by David Haake
"Trailies" of the Santa Monica Mountains
May 9, 2019 By John Nilsson
Congressman Adam Schiff Presents Pat Kramer With The Woman of the Year, 2019 Award
Little City Thinks Big: Santa Monica’s Vision for the Environment Pays Off
May 2, 2019 By Susan Jelus
Celebrating Climate Champions Awardees
The 2nd Annual Earth Day Zero Waste Fair
April 29, 2019 By Raj Patel
Athens Services Workers Deserve Justice
April 29, 2019 By Grecia Lopez-Reyes (Don’t Waste LA Coalition)
Magda Mendez, New Chapter Communications Coordinator
April 9, 2019 By George Watland, Sr. Chapter Director
Angeles Chapter Presents Musical Selections from LIMBERLOST on April 27th
April 1, 2019 By Chapter Sfaff
CEQA Anyone?
March 27, 2019 By Michelle Hsu, Angeles Chapter Water Committee Member
Angeles Chapter Lends Its Support to the Global Water Challenge
March 27, 2019 By Charming Evelyn, Water Committee Chair
Sierra Club Celebrates International World Water Day with Local Outreach
March 27, 2019 By Robert McDuff, Angeles Chapter Water Committee Member
Press Release: Sierra Club Victorious in Appeal to Stop Development Next to Malibu's Sweetwater Mesa
March 25, 2019 By George Watland
Sierra Club Wins Appeal to Stop the Sweetwater Mesa Project in Malibu
March 21, 2019 By Chapter Staff
Why We Need to Ban MHF Now in CA Refineries
March 21, 2019 By Steve Dillow and Al Sattler
Saving the Monarch Butterfly from Extinction
March 15, 2019 By Georgia Cartmill
West Hollywood Flips the Switch on 100% Renewable Energy
March 7, 2019 By Susan Jelus
RSVP for Angeles Chapter 3rd Annual Open House on Sat. March 30
Save the Date! Newport Beach Festival - Environmental Film Festival Series Opens April 25th
March 1, 2019 By Angélica González, Conservation Program Mgr.
Letter from Sacramento: Cement Needs to Come Clean
June 28, 2019 By Kathryn Phillips, Director, Sierra Club California
National Sierra Club Elections are Underway - VOTE!
February 26, 2019 By Sharon Koch, Chapter Chair
The Battle Over the Tres Hermanos Ranch
February 25, 2019 By Robin Smith
California License Plate
Nominating Committee for 2020 National Board Election

Applicants for new appointments are now being invited
Clean air over Los Angeles
1 Million LA and Ventura County Residents Now Receiving 100% Renewable Energy
February 21, 2019 By David Haake

Thanks to the Clean Power Alliance, ~930,000 customers living in Santa Monica, Culver City, West Hollywood and 6 other CPA cities will have 100% clean, renewable energy flowing from their electrical outlets!
Beyond Coal demonstration
First State-of-the-State Delivers Half a Loaf for the Environment

Governor Gavin Newsom delivered some good news and bad news for California’s environment during his state-of-the-state address on Tuesday.
Passages: Robert (Bob) Lewis, Angeles Chapter Sierra Singles Founder
February 12, 2019 By Dorothy (Dottie) Juarez, Photo: Laurie Bailey Photography, 2015

Robert (Bob) Lewis passed on Thursday December 13th, 2018
Passages: Jo Ann Dodson, Long Time Sierra Club Activist in Antelope Valley
February 8, 2019 By Chapter Sfaff
Poppies and lavender in bloom
Letter from Sacramento: A Chance to Take a Better Path
January 27, 2019 By Kathryn Phillips, Director, Sierra Club California
Deer at the BKK Landfill
The Legacy of One of California´s Most Infamous Landfills
January 30, 2019 By Brian Jobst
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Congratulates UTLA Teachers for New LAUSD Agreement
January 24, 2019 By Yvonne Martinez-Watson
The San Gabriel Mountains need your help! Rapid Response Clean Up to Government's Shutdown Jan. 26th
Tell the AQMD Board: Ban Use Of MHF in Local Refineries!
Sierra Club Opposes Expansion of the Quemetco Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Plant
December 31, 2018 By Joan Licari, San Gabriel Valley Task Force
2019 New Years Resolution for Youth: Wildlife and the Sierra Club

Ongoing Construction in West Hollywood Creating Environmental Concern
December 18, 2018 By Ashleen Knutsen, Water Committee
Passages: David Czamanske, Longtime Environmental and Political Activist
December 26, 2018 By Elizabeth Pomeroy

Memorial gathering will be Sunday, Feb. 3. See story for details.
After Woolsey Fire burned areas north of sign
California Wildfires: What burned and what's still standing
California Sierra Club PAC Ends First Full Election Cycle and Looks Towards the Future
December 3, 2018 By Pierre Gagniarre, Chapter Communications Committee
Help is needed to stop the Los Cerritos Wetlands from being drilled and killed!
December 2, 2018 By Anna Christensen

On Thursday December 13th, the Los Cerritos Wetlands Restoration and Oil Consolidation Project will be reviewed, and could be approved.
Sierra Club Exposes Climate Change Denier and Likely Project Veritas Operative Volunteering at Angeles Chapter
December 1, 2018 By Oakland, CA -- Lauren Lantry
Chapter Job Opening - Communications Coordinator
November 26, 2018 By George Watland
Please Donate to Sierra Club California’s Wildfire Relief Fund
November 13, 2018 By Kathryn Phillips, Director, Sierra Club California
Nadia´s Hope Garden Opens on a Beautiful Day in November
November 27, 2018 By Charming Evelyn with Nadia and her family
How to have fun and be safe on snow
November 27, 2018 By Will McWhinney
Sierra Club Pasadena Joins the 41st Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade
November 27, 2018 By Bill Joyce
The Mid-term Election – An Angeles Chapter Win for the Environment
November 26, 2018 By Sharon Koch
Joan Jones Holtz Honored
November 26, 2018 By Howard Strauss
Get Outdoors & Get Moving!
October 31, 2018 By William Chen, Chapter Communications Committee

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