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Inner Coast Range Conservancy: Let’s Make It Happen
March 21, 2016
By Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairRedwood Chapter worked for years to ensure the permanent protection of federal lands in the Berryessa Snow Mountain region, and rejoiced when that goal was met last summer by the designation of the BSM...
Benicia Says No to Crude by Rail
March 21, 2016
By Elly Benson, Sierra Club Environmental Law ProgramLast month, six planning commissioners in this quiet Solano Group community dealt a blow to the oil industry when they unanimously rejected oil giant Valero’s proposal to transport crude to its...
Klamath Dams to Come Down
March 21, 2016
by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairFor many years one of Redwood Chapter’s top priorities has been the removal of four geriatric hydroelectric dams that are impeding fish passage and impairing water quality on the Klamath River, while...
Wages and Housing: Why Sonoma County Workers Can’t Afford the Rent
March 21, 2016
By Martin J. BennettA widening gap between declining incomes and rising rents is fueling two powerful movements in the Golden State: one to raise the wage floor for low-wage workers, and another to control rents and increase funding for affordable...
Island Hopping in Channel Islands National Park
March 13, 2016
Join us for a 3-day, 3-island, live-aboard cruise to California's Channel Islands! Hike wild, windswept trails bordered with blazing wildflowers. Kayak rugged coastlines. Snorkle in pristine waters teeming with colorful fish...
Supporting Parks, Supporting Trails
February 20, 2016
Redwood Chapter is proud to announce that we recently contributed $2000 to the Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation in support of an exciting project to build eight miles of trails at Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve...
Benicia Derails the Oil Train
February 12, 2016
Late in the evening of Thursday February 11 a unanimous vote of the Benicia Planning Commission derailed Valero Refining Company’s plans to construct a rail terminal at its Benicia refinery to receive trains carrying highly toxic and explosive...
Save the Date: TPP Rally in Santa Rosa January 27
January 22, 2016
by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairAs has been discussed in previous editions of the Redwood Needles, the Sierra Club thinks the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) mega- trade deal risks unacceptable environmental impacts both in this...
Marching for Action on Climate Change
January 22, 2016
by Shirley Johnson-Foell, Sonoma Group Climate and Energy Chair, and Tom Roth, Redwood Chapter ExcomWhen our planet’s diplomats at the 21st U.N. Conference of the Parties in Paris put the final touches on an agreement to combat climate change on...
Green Light for Greenbelts in Sonoma County
January 22, 2016
by Teri Shore, Sonoma Group ExcomIn a big year-end win for greenbelts, all five Sonoma County supervisors came out strongly in favor of extending voter protections for community separators and adding to them in 2016! Community separators are one of...