Glendale Voted to Build the Last Gas Plant in CA

  • Posted on 9 January 2023
  • By Angeles Chapter Updates

Updated January 18, 2023 at 1:58pm

On December 13, the Glendale City Council voted 4-1 to approve the $170 million purchase of new gas units at the Grayson Power Plant. Their decision moves Glendale in the opposite direction of the rest of the state and locks the region into fossil fuel use for decades to come.

What You Need to Know About Oil Spills - The Office of Spill Prevention and Response - A Coastal Activists Guide

  • Posted on 2 December 2021
  • By Seth Weisbord
Oil spills are catastrophic events that make all of us coastal activists in some ways. We must unify in our support in effective and meaningful responses that can make a difference. For those Sierra Club volunteers with a focus on coastal issues, it is best to focus on the agencies and organizations with a focus on the immediate response with a follow-up on those responsible for clean up and of course continuous interaction with those responsible for preventing such catastrophes in the first place.

Say it again: No Drilling Where We’re Living!

  • Posted on 21 September 2021
  • By Jonathan Howard

Inglewood Oil Field, one of the largest urban oil fields in the country, with city of Santa Monica and Malibu coastline in the background. By Peter Bennett

Inglewood Oil Field, one of the largest urban oil fields in the country, with city of Santa Monica and Malibu coastline in the background. by Peter Bennett

THE END OF OIL IS IN SIGHT

  • Posted on 1 February 2021
  • By Barbara Hensleigh & David Haake - Angeles Chapter Clean Break Volunteer Organizers

A PUMPJACK IN L.A.’S WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD. ACROSS CALIFORNIA, MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE NEAR AN OIL OR GAS WELL, TWO-THIRDS OF WHOM ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR. PHOTO BY NACHO CORBELLA

"Killing Us Slowly": Environmental Justice and Grass-Roots Efforts to Achieve It

  • Posted on 2 December 2020
  • By Carol Henning
Kilynn Johnson got very sick one night and was rushed to hospital almost five years ago. Surgery to remove a tumor from her gallbladder revealed cancer that had spread from her gallbladder to some lymph nodes and to her liver. She needed six weeks of both radiation and chemotherapy. Gallbladder cancer is diagnosed in only about 3,700 Americans every year, and it mostly strikes people in their '70s and older. Johnson was only 46.