Taking the solar plunge
Free yourself from dirty energy. That's the idea behind the Sierra Club's program aimed at helping America go solar.
In Southern California, homeowners who install solar panels on their homes with partner company Sungevity will receive a $1,000 gift card -- and the company will contribute $1,000 to the Sierra Club.
Fire exacerbates housing plan
Twenty-one fire engines, approximately 200 firefighters and two water-dropping helicopters doused a three-alarm wildfire n a Montebello Hills oilfield that’s slated for a housing development.
Election 2012: Sierra Club political endorsements
Hotly contested seats
These candidates and their Southern California districts will be particularly important in the Nov. 6 election. Check out all of the Angeles Chapter's candidate and ballot endorsements.
State Assembly
Chapter historian Bob Cates receives national Club award
Bob Cates on Aug. 4 was awarded the Susan E. Miller Award from national Sierra Club that honors administrative contributions to groups, chapters and regional entities. Cates has been a vital part of the Club and the Angeles Chapter for at least three decades.
Meet mountaineer Tina Bowman, 2012 Francis Farquar Award winner
Tina Bowman doesn’t just bag peaks, she conquers long lists of peaks.
The mountaineer, climber, Sierra Club leader and Angeles Chapter member received the Club’s Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award that honors people who make significant contributions to mountaineering and “enhancement of the Club’s prestige in this field.”
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Bill McKibben talks about climate change
Tom Bowman (pictured) of the Climate Report talks with author and activist Bill McKibben about overcoming the fossil fuel industry’s unrelenting pursuit of “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math.” Bowman, a Sierra Club Angeles Chapter member, interviewed McKibben after his recent breakthrough article appeared in
July/August Southern Sierran
The July/August issue of the Southern Sierran newsletter is now available online!
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