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Toxins in Toyland: A Scientist's Timely Caveat Emptor
November 30, 2007
, Ph.D. It seems a sad day indeed that, without a serious overhaul of how chemicals are regulated in this country, parents may well find themselves looking wistfully back to the good ole days when possible 'choking hazard' was the only safety risk...
Club Co-Plaintiff in Development Battle
October 31, 2007
& Scott Foster Photo courtesy Doneil Rose Hawaiian Monk Seal 'N7' & her pup who was born and nursed on the pristine beach at Turtle Bay for 54 days. Oahu's scenic North Shore is known for its great surfing, beautiful sandy beaches...
Festival of Tail-Lights? Humbug!
October 31, 2007
Photo courtesy Chuck Soter Tough to make light of this irony: A sign announcing the 30 minute wait time for the driving tour of the Griffith Park Light Festival makes a stark contrast beneath a sign urging people to 'Run for a Green L.A.'...
California Coastal Commission Undermines Stream Protection
October 31, 2007
Chair, Santa Monica Mountains Task Force Photo by Tom Gamache Solstice Canyon, one of the many scenic wild places that need to be protected in the Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Plan. The Angeles Chapter has asked the Sierra Club to...
Dr. White Defends Sepulveda's Most Vulnerable Pedestrians
October 31, 2007
, Ph.D. Chair, Endangered Species and Wildlife Committee, Angeles Chapter Member, National Sierra Club Wildlife and Endangered Species Committee (WESComm) President, The Canada Goose Project Photo courtesy Darrell Longmore Build it and they...
Chaparral: California's Unknown Wilderness
August 31, 2006
There's a special place in Southern California that most do not know exists. It's time to get introduced. Surprising to many, this unknown land was once the favored home of the California grizzly bear. Its old-growth forms represent one of the...
Forest Committee Offers New Hikes, Speakers, and Programs to Protect Our Local Forests
August 31, 2006
Angeles Chapter Forest Committee Chair Photo courtesy Andrew M. Harvey The Forest Committee is expanding its efforts to protect backcountry areas of the Angeles National Forest such as Pleasant View Ridge, pictured above. Our local...
Emerging Green Media Amplifies the Environmental Choir
August 31, 2006
The chorus of environmental voices just got louder. Television channels, print and online magazines, and hundreds of web-logs mark the emergence of a new green media. Bearing names like 'Grist', 'Plenty', and 'TreeHugger', they are savvy and hip,...
Should Urban Parks be Cash Registers?
August 31, 2006
Threats to openness, tranquility,and green spaces take many forms. Locally, LA's urban parks are increasingly under pressure to generate revenue to pay for municipal functions, but at a heavy cost: The loss of the very openness that makes urban...
Your Action Is Needed To Protect America's Arctic!
August 31, 2006
Sierra Club Alaska Representative Photo courtesy Northern Alaska Environmental Center Teshekpuk Lake is the biological heart of America's Western Arctic. 'While the battle over drilling the [arctic] refuge raged in Congress, the Bush...