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Reduce Your Carbon Footprint:Say NO to Bottled Water
July 31, 2008
Think before you buy that drink:Production of bottled water in 2006 alone released 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide.Of the 30 billion bottles that end up as litter each year, those that go unrecycled can take 1,000 years to decompose The...
Paradigm SHIFT -- Life beyond cars Renovating the Los Angeles Waterfront
July 31, 2008
STORIES AND PHOTOS BY TOM POLITEO Co-Chair Harbor Vision Task Force Above, bicyclists enjoy a ride along the California Coastal Trail in San Pedro as it approaches the Los Angeles Waterfront area. Pedestrian and transit links to the...
CLUB OPPOSES HUNTINGTON BEACH'S POSEIDON DESALINATION PLANT
June 30, 2008
We live at a time when the symptoms of global warming are prevalent in our changing environment: ice caps and glaciers are melting; sea levels are rising; national parks and wildlife refuges are at risk—there are a host of issues that we all...
Firefighters Back Ban on Flame Retardants
June 30, 2008
Your TV, mattress, couch and computer could be sources of man-made toxic chemicals building up in human tissues, including breast milk. Sounds crazy, but it’s not. Many consumer products are imbued with a class of flame retardants considered...
Help Save the Planet from Special Interests:
June 30, 2008
Tell CARB What You Think of AB 32. Can you spare a morning? How about an afternoon?If you have a few hours on July 8, you can influence how our state will curb global warming. Will it bow to special interests and institute wimpy regulations, or will...
HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT DESIGNATION FOR GRIFFITH PARK?
June 30, 2008
An urban oasis in perpetuity? The Griffith Charitable Trust, headed by Col. Griffith’s great grandson, has submitted to the City of Los Angeles, an application to designate Griffith Park a Historic-Cultural Monument.Having seen Europe’s...
Passages
June 30, 2008
Barbara MorelThe oldest of two daughters born to an elementary schoolteacher and a home builder,Barbara grew up in Los Angeles in the days when their Carthay Center home, built by her father, was on the outskirts. It was a safe and loving home...
BOXER, MCKEON INTRODUCE LANDMARKSAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS BILL
June 30, 2008
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) have launched a bipartisan legislative effort to protect over 470,000 acres of wilderness and 52 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers in California. The legislation—The...
Have Some Poison, My Dear
June 30, 2008
Keep poison off the menu by employing sustainablegardening techniques. SIERRA CLUB ARCHIVES Just suppose you gave a party for some dear friends and without being aware of it, many of the dishes you served up were poisoned! Not a pleasant...
Parks Are For Backpacks, Not Packing Heat
May 31, 2008
With the approval of Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne, the National Park Service published a proposed regulation in the Federal Register on April 30 that would allow private citizens who possess concealed weapon permits to carry loaded...