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Join Evan Gillespie to Go Solar & Save $750
August 27, 2016
Evan Gillespie, Sierra Club's My Generation Campaign Director, Goes Solar for His Home and Family in SoCal
Every single day, there are things we can do, choices we can make, that help protect the planet...
How do you want to see San Gabriel Mountains National Monument managed? Now you can have a say
August 25, 2016
A ranger explains how animal jaws work to La Esperanza Elementary fourth-graders during a Sierra Club-sponsored visit to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The Forest Service makes no commitment supporting...
Inside Patagonia, from glaciers to peaks
August 12, 2016
Perrito Moreno Glacier in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Photos by Marielle Grenade-Willis
Marielle Grenade-Willis was a participant on a Patagonia tour organized by the Angeles Chapter Sierra Club....
Exploring the wide-open spaces of Mongolia, Sierra Club style
August 11, 2016
What's it like to go on a Travel Adventure sponsored by the Angeles Chapter? Leader Bruce Hale shares this account of the amazing adventure in Mongolia he co-led with Leader Fred Dong. Check out all of our Travel Adventure trips to plan your...
What's the plan for long-term storage of radioactive waste from nuclear power plants? There isn't one -- yet
August 5, 2016
The now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in San Diego County.
Credit: Luke Jones/Wikimedia
After more than 30 years of non-action, the federal government’s unmet promise of safe, remote long-term...
Stop Poseidon from getting a permit for Huntington Beach desalination plant
August 4, 2016
The proposed Poseidon Huntington Beach Desalination plant in Huntington Beach was to be considered by the California Coastal Commission in September but now has been postponed at least until December. This unnecessary project would not only...
Join us for Coastal Commission hearing on Banning Ranch
August 4, 2016
This is the current final stretch in the race to Save Banning Ranch, a 400-acre swath of the last unprotected coastal open space in Southern California. It borders Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach.
Three cctions you can take:
Sign...
3 crucial ways to protect California's coast
August 4, 2016
The wetlands at Banning Ranch, 400 acres of the last unprotected coastal open space
in Southern California. The land, which borders Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Huntington
Beach, is slated for development. Credit: Everette Phillips/Banning...
Students get schooled in grass-roots activism, Sierra Club style
July 28, 2016
L.A. students Tajairi (TJ) Neuson (second from left), Makaila Conley, Conservation Program Manager
Angelica Gonzalez and SPROG trainers at Harwood Lodge.
How do you train the environmental leaders of the future? Sierra Club's SPROG program...