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Local LEEDers
March 31, 2005
Sustainably harvested wood. Solar paneling. Green energy. These and many other criteria are rapidly becoming the standard of the building industry thanks to an innovative program called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). MBI...
Renewables impractical? Tell that to the rest of the world
March 31, 2005
Many energy companies, as well as the Bush administration, are very fond of telling us that renewable energy may be an option...20 or 40 years from now. Much of the rest of the world, however, is not adhering to this timetable. Wind power already...
Meet Your Chapter
March 31, 2005
Desert Peaks Section The facts DPS members explore the desert mountain ranges of California and the Southwest. Founded in 1941 200 active members DPSers Greg Roach and Dave Baldwin enjoy a snowy desert summit on Last Chance Mountain in Death...
It's getting hot in here: Climate change demands action
March 31, 2005
Greenhouse gases trap solar energy that is reflected by the atmosphere and the earth's surface in the form of heat; major greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
How National Leader Standards affect Angeles Chapter
March 31, 2005
Although the Sierra Club's National Leader Standards (NLS) became effective July 1, 2004, the Angeles Chapter has been granted an extension until Jan. 1, 2006, for leaders to meet currency requirements. The NLS divide outings into two basic types:...
News and Notes
March 31, 2005
Full-time position at Angeles Chapter We have an immediate opening for Chapter Coordinator. This position handles the daily administrative functions of the Chapter office, with strong emphasis on financial record keeping. The successful candidate...
Surplus of books on oil's decline
March 31, 2005
The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, by Richard Heinberg (Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2003). Available from www.musletter.com. Written for undergraduates as well as the general public, The Party's Over is...
Nuclear power: Industry's rabbit in the hat
March 31, 2005
The Bush administration's refusal to deal with global warming seems inexplicable. Rising oceans and temperatures, after all, do not selectively spare Republicans, Texans, or oil executives. But they are not baffled, puzzled, or stymied. They are...
Denouement
March 31, 2005
Chair, Angeles Chapter Transportation Committee Peak oil is the likely near-term peak and decline of worldwide oil production in the face of rising demand. It is uncertain how soon we will have reached peak oil, but there is no doubt that it will...
Passages
March 31, 2005
Muir Dawson, 1922-2005 Muir Dawson, one of the Angeles Chapter's longest-term members and a staunch supporter of the Chapter History Committee, passed away in February. He was 83. Muir came from a family steeped in the traditions and lore of the...