Blog Articles

（By Michelle Lee） Not too long ago—on Thursday, January 4, 2018—the Trump administration proposed to open up almost the entire United States coastal waters to offshore oil and gas drilling. More than one billion acres in the Arctic, as well as...

（By Tanli Su） In the book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, Paul Hawken states emphatically that reducing the gender gap in developing countries is one of the most important solutions to combating...

Tanli Su, a student at Palo Alto High School, was the recipient of the inaugural Lennie Roberts Youth Award given by the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club for excellence in environmental advocacy. The award was given in recognition of Tanli’s...

（By Tanli Su） Each day in the U.S., idling cars emit a total of 40,000 tons of carbon monoxide and waste $13 million and 3.8 million gallons of fuel. Reducing idling is a simple and effective lifestyle eco-action that will simultaneously improve...

（By Tanli Su） People have known about the detrimental effects of gas-powered leaf blowers for many years now, and yet these noisy machines which simultaneously harm our health and environment continue to be popular today. Take this lifestyle eco-...

（By Tanli Su） Harvey Rarback, who serves on the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Peninsula Regional Group, is a Half Moon Bay City Council member with a passion for the environment that motivates him to preserve the...

Fight to Stop Sprawl in Morgan Hill Goes to LAFCo by Julie Hutcheson On March 11, 2016, the City of Morgan Hill will go before the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) with a request to annex 215 acres of an area known as the Southeast...

Renewable energies are a significant and growing component of the State’s energy. PG&E, along with the other utilities, is trying to undermine the regulations that have been so important in developing and growing the State’s solar industry....

Leading the Way Menlo Park Reduces Herbicide & Pesticide Use - poisons banned on city property Menlo Park is taking an innovative approach to reducing the use of herbicides and pesticides in parks and on city property. It’s also banning...

Want to know a dirty little secret on how to help save the planet? California will allow ranchers to sell carbon credits by applying compost on their land. The results of new research in this area are dramatic. You can help by recycling more...