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L.A. City takes first step toward fracking moratorium
March 12, 2014
The Angeles Chapter's newly formed Fracking: Oil & Gas Committee has teamed up with several partner organizations to push for ending the practice of hydraulic fracturing in the City of Los Angeles. Their efforts paid off on February 28 when...
Mt. Everest mountaineer Kurt Wedberg to speak at Chapter Banquet
March 10, 2014
Mountaineer, guide and outdoor enthusiast Kurt Wedberg will speak at the Chapter’s Annual Banquet on May 4. Wedberg of Bishop, Calif., founded Sierra Mountaineering International in the fall of 1995 after returning from his first...
Wallraff, Dorsey and Helm endorsed for Sierra Club national Board of Directors
March 10, 2014
The Angeles Chapter recommends a vote for Dean Wallraff, Michael Dorsey and Jessica Helm in the upcoming election for the Sierra Club’s Board of Directors. Only Chapters may endorse/recommend candidates.
All Sierra Club members eligible to...
Extreme oil extraction comes to Los Angeles
March 1, 2014
To feed our continuing addiction to gasoline, local Wilmington oil refineries have quietly been making plans to bring in large amounts of Canadian tar sands crude oil and North Dakota Bakken crude oil.
Canadian tar sands strip-mining destroys...
The flaws with new oil and gas proposals for Carson and Hermosa Beach
March 1, 2014
New oil and gas projects proposed for Carson and Hermost create the potential for spills, blow outs, and methane leaks, no to mention increased water demands and the effects of CO2, methane and other greenhouse gas emissions. These effects and...
Say no to fracking: March 15 rally in Sacramento
March 1, 2014
Gather with your fellow Sierra Club Members and Californians from across California for the “Don’t Frack California” Rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday March 15 2014.
Thousands of Californians...
Environmental Legal Workshop: Let the law boost your green campaign
March 1, 2014
Anyone who has worked on an environmental campaign knows the value of knowing the law and how to apply it too boost your case. The Angeles Chapter Sierra Club Legal Committee and Loyola Law School Environmental Law Society on March 22 will hold an...
Trash talk: Where does garbage go after you put out your bins?
March 1, 2014
Sierra Club member Coby Skye will talk Trash 101 on March 5 at the monthly meeting of the Chapter's Long Beach Group.
Coby is a Senior Civil Engineer working for the Environmental Programs Division of the Los Angeles County Department of Public...
The highest goodness is like water
February 24, 2014
The Tao Te Ching goes on to say: “Water benefits all things and does not compete. It stays in the lowly places which others despise. Therefore, it is near The Eternal.”
And yet, we humans constantly commit acts that show our...
Charlie Cooke: The man who kept Chumash culture alive
February 24, 2014
Book Review
"TIQ SLO’W: The Making of a Modern Day Chief, Charlie Cooke, Leadership in Restoring and Sharing Native Heritage"
By Mary Louise Contini Gordon (Tucson: Amethyst Moon Books, P.O. Box 87885,...