The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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George Watland named Angeles Chapter Senior Director
June 16, 2014
George Watland steps up as senior director of the Angeles Chapter Sierra Club. Watland, who has been with the Chapter for three and a half years, develops and implements all programs, policies, and initiatives for the chapter. He...
Kayaking? Check. Hiking? Check. ICO takes LA students on Catalina campout
June 10, 2014
Most of the middle school kids had never been on a boat before. Most had never learned to swim, had never snorkeled or kayaked. And all 73 of them discovered a newfound love of camping and the outdoors.
Angeles Chapter's Inspiring Connections...
Save the Date: Bingo Fundraiser, July 13
May 29, 2014
Bingo Fundraiser
Date:
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Time:
5:30 PM
Cost:
$20.00 SUGGESTED DONATION AT THE DOOR Includes bingo cards for all games played for that show...
Six things you don't know about going solar
May 27, 2014
Summer is here!
With more daylight to burn, rooftop solar panels around the country are generating lots of clean energy and powering thousands of homes.
When you go solar with the Sierra Club and Sungevity by June 30, you will receive a special $1...
Sierra Club activists worked hard for new New Mexico national monument
May 20, 2014
President Obama on Wednesday, May 21, will designate his 11th national monument in a ceremony at the Department of Interior in Washington, D.C., creating the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in southern New Mexico. This is the...
San Onofre Priorities: On-Site Safety, Off-Site Storage
May 20, 2014
June 7 marks the first anniversary of Southern California Edison’s decision to permanently close the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant near San Clemente. Gene Stone of Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE) summed it up this way...
Stop wasteful spending to fund a study for Poseidon's desalinated water
May 16, 2014
There is new action on the Poseidon Huntington Beach desalination project that needs your immediate attention!
Attend a hearing on Wednesday at 5:30pm!
On Wednesday, May 21 at 5:30 pm the Orange County Water District (OCWD) will vote on whether to...
Climate change rally: Hands Across the Harbor in L.A.
May 2, 2014
How much do you know about the local effects of climate change?
Join us for a May 17 event called Hands Across the Harbor to learn about the effects of dirty air and pollution. The day begins at 10 a.m.in the Port of Los Angeles for a public...
A new and better plan to protect Santa Monica Mountains
May 1, 2014
The California Coastal Commission voted at a heavily attended public meeting on April 11 to protect the Santa Monica Mountains from overdevelopment by unanimously certifying the Los Angeles County Local Coastal Plan (LCP). L.A. County Supervisor...
Supreme Court sides with environmental groups in key cross-state air pollution ruling
May 1, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion on April 29 in a case considering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution rule, which will protect Americans from dangerous cross-state air pollution from coal-fired power...