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Tents propped in Echo Park, Los Angeles John Nilsson all rights reserved Who would think it? Ocean desalination intersecting with affordable housing?- Yet it has, in a little known state government agency called the California Debt Limit...

Water Equity and COVID-  19 or Is Water Inequality A More Apt Description? Health care professionals have reassured the public that you can’t catch COVID-19 from drinking water, but what if you have other worrisome things in your water?...

The late matriarch of Los Angeles environmental groups, Dorothy Green, wrote a book that focuses on Southern California water and water agencies: Managing Water: Avoiding Crisis in California.    If you live in the city of Los Angeles,...

For many years we have opposed this project through its many iterations. The Peripheral Canal of the 80’s, the Bay Delta Conservation Project of the 00’s, the California WaterFix & Eco Restore Project of the 10’s and now the 20...

http://www.owenslakeproject.com/ This photo was posted in The Lake on April 28, 2016. Many of today’s under-resourced communities have no more access to blue gold (scarce water) than the under-resourced white residents of the Owens...

A Water Quality Gradebook for LA and OC's Drinking Water Hollywood Reservoir, Hollywood, California. A major storage area for LA's fresh water needs. John Nilsson all rights reserved As part of the Sierra Club’s long-standing...

YouTube screening Feb 20-21 will benefit Sierra Club’s youth outings program   For more information:   icofilmfestival@gmail.com   In a time of serious stress, nothing soothes like the great outdoors. Now, even...

Nearly one in four Californians suffer from food insecurity.    Yet more than 11 billion pounds of edible food is wasted every year in California.     Organic waste, including food waste, decomposes in landfills...

Woman speaks into megaphone during protest outside Los Angeles City Hall, June '20 - John Nilsson all rights reserved As a Sierra Club member with an interest in your community, you might come across some issue that you feel is wrong and...

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 Los Angeles is the largest urban oil field in the...