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Southern California's national forests are recognized by scientists as one of the richest areas of plant and animal life on the planet, home to roughly 3,000 plant and 500 animal species-many of which are found nowhere else on Earth. The national...

There'll be something for everybody when Sierra Club holds its first national convention at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco for four days in September. All Sierra Club members are encouraged to attend-either as an official delegate or...

Pull out your environmentally friendly décolletage, your super-macho tight jeans, and a throw-caution-to-the-wind attitude and come party with the Sierra Club at the annual Chapter Awards Banquet. Laugh, schmooze, and say 'well done' to a...

The Mt. Abel (Cerro Noroeste) Bike-n-Ski trip has appeared in the Schedule of Activities for several years in a row, but for various reasons (mostly due to lack of snow) it has not gone on for some time. With over 40 inches of rain in the valleys...

Cheap and easy ways to lay off the AC this summer Compiled by Jim Stewart Our biggest home energy consumption in Southern California is cooling-unless you take steps to reduce use of your air conditioner. Most of these ideas cost little or nothing....

Sun bread, anyone? What I do for planet Earth is to cook my major foods in my solar oven and the solar cookers I purchased from Solar Cookers International (www.solarcooking.org): beans, whole wheat bread, and certain vegetables. I use my...

Chapter files suit on Dana Pt. Sierra Club Angeles Chapter and the South Orange County chapter of the Surfrider Foundation jointly filed a lawsuit challenging California Coastal Commission approval of the city of Dana Point's Local Coastal Plan...

and Jan Kidwell The good news among all the gloom and doom is that you can easily be carbon neutral by making an annual contribution to a carbon offset program such as the Climate Trust, which funds projects and programs that reduce carbon dioxide...

What really happens when you turn on your air conditioner on a hot July afternoon? Do you know where your electricity comes from? How dirty (or clean) is it really? Considering that electricity production is one of our biggest sources of air...

Two of the four cougars radio-collared by the National Park Service last year were found dead in December in the Simi Hills. P-3, a young male whose range covered the Simi Hills and the Santa Susana Mountains, was found north of Oak Park. P-4, a...