Promises, Promises: Evaluating CalPERS’ Climate Engagements, by Clair Brown
November 21, 2022
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is the largest public pension fund in the US, with more than $470 billion in assets. We conclude that engagement alone is unlikely to convince fossil fuel companies to transform at the...
Help Napa Get Rid of Leaf Blower Noise and Pollution, by Chris Benz
November 21, 2022
Do you own and use an electric or battery-powered leaf blower? Do you wonder why local landscaping companies don’t switch from the noisy, smelly gasoline-powered versions?
Gaia’s Medical Issue and Subsequent Remedy, by Katie Stilwell
November 21, 2022
One of the biggest impacts of humans on Gaia is the use of fossil fuels and the effect that this usage has caused. The natural carbon cycle generally pushes carbon down into the depths of the earth, and down into the ocean. When people drill or...
Reasons Why We Oppose Measure J. Our Letter to the American Canyon City Council
September 27, 2022
We hold that the highest and best use of all land in Napa County is that it be maintained as it is currently; farmlands should remain farmland, wildlands should remain wild. A corollary is that cities should not rezone agricultural areas of the...
Reasons to Keep the Ghisletta Property Area as Greenbelt Land. Our Letter to the Napa City Council
September 27, 2022
We hold that the highest and best use of all land in unincorporated Napa County is that it be maintained as it is currently; farmlands should remain farmland, wildlands should remain wild. A corollary is that cities should not expand into...
Why Recycling Is Hugely Important, by Eva Pelayo, Student Intern
September 27, 2022
Have you ever wondered why we recycle in the first place? Is recycling really that important? Well actually, it is! I think that recycling is one of the greatest and easiest activities humans can do in order to preserve the Earth for as long as...
Electric Mobility Is About More Than Teslas! by Chris Benz
September 27, 2022
Yes, there were plenty of Teslas at the September 25 Electric Mobility event, but there was so much more. This year the event, part of National Drive Electric Week and sponsored by the Napa Sierra Club, Récolte Energy, and MCE, was held at the...
Strike Skyline Wilderness Park Off the Napa County Housing List, Our Letter to Governor Newsom
September 22, 2022
The Sierra Club has objected to the designation of Skyline Wilderness Park as a prospective location for affordable housing. It is not for the kinds of reasons that people typically object to affordable housing in their neighborhoods. We object...
Napa Sierra Club's Response to the County Ag Commissioner's Report on Baited Poison Rat Traps, by Nick Cheranich
September 11, 2022
Our response to the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner's investigation report concerning harm done to animals from the baited rat poison traps in and around the Corporate Park area near the Napa Airport.