Articles written for the eNewsletter which are not associated with a specific Chapter entity (such as a conservation committee) are grouped here so they can be accessed directly.
Saving Wildlands: The Case of Jumbo Valley by Tina Zeng
February 23, 2019
The mountain tops of Jumbo Valley sparkle and shimmer with pure and untouched snow. A blanket of clean white covers the entire wild valley. Wild grizzly bears, a population that has been extinct in California since 1922, call this valley...
The Anthropocene: The Epoch of Humans by Tina Zeng
December 24, 2018
Hi! My name is Tina Zeng, and I am currently an eighth-grader at the Nueva School. I’ve always loved both writing and environmental protection, and I’ve combined these two favorites of mine into this article. Enjoy and let me know what you...
The Greatest Disaster
February 1, 2018
(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...
Ecofeminism
January 31, 2018
(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 Receives the Sierra Club’s 2017-2018 Inaugural Youth Advocacy Award At Guardians of Nature Gala
December 5, 2017
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...
Lifestyle Eco-Actions: Stop Idling, Start Breathing
August 19, 2017
(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...
Lifestyle Eco-Actions: Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers
August 5, 2017
(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-...
Harvey Rarback: Half Moon Bay Environmentalist
July 2, 2017
(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
December 20, 2015
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...
Growing our State’s Solar Industry
November 21, 2015
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....