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Want to sit down and talk with the L.A. Department of Water and Power about their proposed rate changes? You should, because it will determine how green the city's water and power services will be. Under the proposal, combined water and power...

Sierra Club activist Dan Sullivan, who transformed the Club's national political and legislative program in the 1970s and '80s, died Aug. 27. He was 74 years old. An obituary at SFGate.com says, in part: "He started as a Sierra Club...

Dozens of bumblebee species in North America and Europe are at risk because the southern reach of their habitat is becoming too hot. When many Americans learned that polar bears, and their primary prey, the ringed...

The Angeles Chapter Political Action Committee presented its Political Leadership Awards for 2015 to an outstanding group of honorees at a celebration event held at Chino Hills State Park Discovery Center on Aug. 16. Proceeds from ticket sales for...

Tesla Model S electric car (left) and Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid at the parking spots reserved for green cars by Virgin Airlines at San Francisco International Airport. Steve Jurvetson Need some quick facts about...

The condor, soaring effortlessly above me, cut through my perfect view of towering Mt. Fitzroy, rock and ice sparkling in the sun. Below a small ice shelf calved into the milky azure lake. A slight breeze tickled the beech trees next to me....

The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station near San Clemente was closed about two years ago because of safety flaws in steam generators that caused a small radioactive leak. But that wasn't the end of the story. What was to be done with nuclear...

Sierra magazine, the official publication of the Sierra Club, on Aug. 11 released its ninth annual “Cool Schools” ranking of America’s greenest colleges and universities. Each of the schools ranked in the top 20 have displayed a...

Steve Anderson, an Angeles Chapter leader and co-chair of the Camera Committee, has been selected as an artist-in-residence for the Angeles National Forest and the newly minted San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. What does that mean? It means...

The Sierra Club Youth Summer Grassroots Training also known as SPROG made its way West this year to Southern California. The activist training for young people was held at Harwood Lodge in the Mt. Baldy area from July 12 to 19. The Chapter was...