Newspaper honors Chair Katie Davis with its Local Hero of the Year Award
December 9, 2022
Our Chair Katie Davis was awarded the Santa Barbara Independent’s 2022 Local Hero award.
Hines Chronicles: Never give up!
December 8, 2022
By popular demand, we continue with the Jim Hines Chronicles, which reflects the emails by our premier lobbyist on the ins and outs of environmental activism and is chock-full of information.
New Sierra Club leader is uniquely qualified
December 8, 2022
Ben Jealous is the Sierra Club’s new Executive Director who is an experienced civil rights leader, community organizer, coalition builder and social justice activist.
The decision was unanimous from the Board of Directors in November 2022.
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Good News for a New Year
December 8, 2022
Here is some good news on the energy front for our region.
Cruising the Gaviota Coast to protect it
December 8, 2022
Gaviota Coast Conservancy toured the 76 miles and some 200,000 acre mix of private and publicly-owned lands that are still under threat.
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023 Condor Call Newsletter
December 5, 2022
Read the latest news from the Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
Court Allows Environmentalists’ Request to Intervene in Exxon Trucking Case
November 4, 2022
A federal judge ruled on Nov. 2 that Sierra Club and other conservation and Indigenous groups can help legally defend Santa Barbara County’s denial of ExxonMobil’s proposal to truck vast quantities of oil along dangerous California roads.
A new place to be, free and forever
October 5, 2022
High atop the hills overlooking Ventura is a new protected open space, a 1645-acre plot of land called Mariano Rancho.
Kudos to coastal clean up
October 5, 2022
Tens of thousands of Californians turned out on Sept. 17 to take part in the 38th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day
Chevron Carpinteria facility fading away
October 5, 2022
Thankfully, the days of Big Oil in Santa Barbara are rapidly drawing to a close. What happens next with their properties?