GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS FOR GRIFFITH PARK
BY CAROL HENNING
Co-Chair, Editorial Board
CHAPTER ELECTIONS TO BE CONDUCTED VIA INTERNET
BY JOE YOUNG
Angeles Chapter Election Chair
The Angeles Chapter will soon be conducting its election of at-large representatives to the Chapter Executive Committee. Simultaneously, regional groups will be electing representatives to their own regional group executive committees.
This year for the first time the election will be conducted via internet voting. (For those who wish to vote by paper ballot, there will be an opportunity for them to do so.)
VOYAGE OF THE GLACIERS
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Photo Credit: photo Courtesy Derek Wallentinsen, ShadowCaster Press Calving, Margerie Glacier 2006
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Remembering Harry Sutherland, 1909-2009
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Photo Credit: Dick Worsfold |
LOCAL PEAKBAGGER TELLS ALL
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Lose yourself in a great read and maybe find yourself described in its pages |
HARWOOD LODGE HAS HAD A MAKEOVER
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Photo Credit: Mary Morales A mint condition Harwood Lodge awaits you. |
Take Action This October 24
By Terry Brady The next round of UN talks on climate change is just around the corner. The leaders of the world will again come together this December in Copenhagen. We hope that this time meaningful targets will be set. Toward this end, October 24, there are actions to draw attention to NASA scientist James Hansen's discovery that 350 ppm of carbon is the maximum allowable percentage of carbon in our atmosphere. It is the maximum amount of carbon that was ever present before while human life has existed on earth. We are now at about 387 parts per million.
Volunteer Corner
WATER COMMITTEE - SPECIAL PROJECT
The Water Committee is looking for volunteers to help with a water conservation report. If you care about water conservation and have some time to volunteer, please contact jennifer.robinson@sierraclub.org or (213)387-4287 x204.
L.A.'S CLEAN ENERGY PACE NEEDS A BOOST
By BILL CORCORAN
Southwest Director, Beyond Coal Campaign Sierra Club Getting off dirty coal requires investing now in a smarter energy future that puts Angelenos to work.
For decades Los Angeles' coal addiction has taken a toll far beyond our city limits.
Two years ago, nine men died in Utah's Crandall mine disaster. They were victims of rapacious mining to feed the boilers of the Intermountain Power Project, the enormous coal-burning plant that provides over 25% of L.A.'s electricity.
