The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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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...
Roadrunners Attack West Coyote Hills
May 31, 2006
Angeles Chapter Conservation Chair On Feb. 25 about 50 members attended the Angeles Chapter's first-ever all-day conservation retreat at the Community Center in El Monte. The program, 'Tricks of the Trade: A Toolbox for Conservation Activists,' was...
Bay Cleanup or Boondoggle?
April 30, 2006
Sprawl-Ridden L.A. Cleans Up Its Act - or At Least Acts Like It's Cleaning Up Undoing poor planning and fixing urban environmental problems is going to cost local taxpayers billions of dollars. Or it could pay for itself. Certainly, the millions...
Documentary on L.A. Air Pollution Will Leave You Breathless
April 30, 2006
On April 1, businessman and community activist Ken Melendez stood behind the microphone at a meeting room packed mostly with Wilmington residents. It was a beautiful rain-swept morning and Melendez said he would get emotional. He kept his word....
The Low Down on Cool Cities: A Report From the Chapter Global Warming & Energy Committee
April 30, 2006
and Jan Kidwell Leaders in the Club are convinced by scientific research that the burning of fossil fuels, oil, coal and petroleum to power our cars, homes and businesses is causing the acceleration of climate change. Scientists tell us the extreme...
Railroad Riders Revisit Historic Roadside Restaraunt
April 30, 2006
Baker, Calif., with its fast food restaurants and Route 66-style motels is the last semblance of 'civilization' when you exit I-15 into Mojave National Preserve. Narrow, two-lane Kelbaker Road winds its way south through vast desert lands, where...
Bob Wheatley, 1916-2006
April 30, 2006
Bob Wheatley passed away Feb. 6. He was 89 years old. Wheatley was very active in the Sierra Club, serving as chair of the Rio Hondo Section for several years and helping to found the Lower Peaks Committee. He received Chapter Awards in...
L.A. City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl Outlines Plans for Environmental Conservation
April 30, 2006
, Marcia Hansom, and Susana Reyes Last spring, Bill Rosendahl, with huge Sierra Club grassroots support, was elected to the Los Angeles City Council. He now represents more than 250,000 residents in the 11th district, the city's largest coastal...
New Task Force to Take on Griffith Park Planners
April 30, 2006
Nineteen Chapter members met March 20 to create a task force that will go beyond opposition to the Griffith Park draft master plan and instead develop a Sierra Club vision for the park. Dean Wallraff, Conservation Committee Chair, conducted the...
Cows, Federal Agencies Dump on Public Lands
April 30, 2006
Get the Scoop on Freeloading Cattle Ranchers in Book on Welfare Ranching Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West. Ed. George Weurthner and Molli Matteson. Island Press, 2002. In the early 1970s, I...