L.A.'S CLEAN ENERGY PACE NEEDS A BOOST

  • Posted on 30 September 2009
  • By The Editor

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.

DON'T MISS THE OUTINGS PARTY OF THE YEAR

  • Posted on 30 September 2009
  • By Mary Morales

Throughout the year, thousands of you venture out on day hikes to wonderful local areas or vacation on a club-sponsored trip to some pretty amazing place across the country and around the world.

From the minute you step out on the trail or board a bus, plane, train or ship, you are in the capable hands of competent, thoroughly trained Angeles Chapter Sierra Club leaders. Their main objectives are to show you the wild places of this planet and make sure that as you explore and enjoy yourselves, you also learn about protecting our natural resources.

Remembering Russ Black

  • Posted on 30 September 2009
  • By The Editor
Russ

Russ Black

Russ Black, a long-time leader and volunteer for the 20s &30s Section, recently passed away on Friday, September 11, a week before his 53rd birthday. Russ became an O-rated leader in 1991 and participated or led over 200 events in his career.

Poppy Reserve Faces Grave Threat

  • Posted on 31 August 2009
  • By The Editor
Poppies
Photo Credit: Kathy Porter

The Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve: a photographer's dream, an artist's inspiration, and an escape from our hurried lives now under threat by a proposed racetrack.

Love at First Sight: the Magic of New Zealand

  • Posted on 31 August 2009
  • By The Editor
Silenced
Photo By: Judy Shane

Silenced by the roar of cascading waterfalls, we will walk through native plants found nowhere else on earth but New Zealand.

Help Protect And Enjoy The San Gabriel Mountains

  • Posted on 31 August 2009
  • By The Editor
San
Photo Credit: Sierra Club

The special resources study will make recommendations on how to better meet the public's recreational needs and protect the forest's natural and cultural resources. Above members of Church of the Epiphany in Los Angeles visiting the San Gabriel Mountains

September L.A. Solar Plan Meetings

  • Posted on 31 August 2009
  • By The Editor

JIM STEWART
Angeles Chapter Global Warming Committee
BILL CORCORAN
National Club Staff

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has announced they will hold five public meetings across the City in September. Your presence (plus your friends and colleagues) is needed to show a great public desire for clean renewable energy (and less dirty coal).

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