Ten victories in 2020, ten challenges for 2021
December 4, 2020
We’re not tired of winning yet. The national Sierra Club is geared up and ready “to leverage the momentum coming out of our political work to build even more power for our ongoing chapter, policy and campaign outcomes,” said Ramón J. Cruz, Sierra...
Donations matched through Dec. 31, 2020
December 4, 2020
You may think #Giving Tuesday is over, but it isn’t as the donation match for the Sierra Club goes all the way through Dec. 31.
The Hines Chronicles
December 4, 2020
This chronicle of Jim Hines (our vice-chair, Ventura Conservation Director, and lobbyist) was compiled from his emails to our Executive Committee. Starting from a pessimistic email of Oct 9, you will read about how his lobby efforts on the national...
Despite multiple crises in 2020---we persisted
December 3, 2020
Sierra Club’s Los Padres Chapter has protected our environment in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties for more than 60 years. But we’ve never seen a year like this. No one has been left untouched by the multiple crises we face -- from the pandemic to...
Trump Roll-Backs Devastating
December 3, 2020
As president-elect, Joe Biden intends to prioritize climate action more than any president before him. Quantifying the expected impact of Biden’s presidency on climate change, however, remains difficult.
Dec 2020 - Jan 2021 Condor Call Newsletter
December 3, 2020
Read the latest news from the Los Padres Chapter
Ojai says goodbye to gas in new buildings
October 28, 2020
The City of Ojai voted to phase out gas in new buildings on Tuesday, Oct. 27, making it the first city in Ventura County to embrace an all-electric future.
Fighting for the Protecting America's Wilderness Act
October 6, 2020
People who fight for public lands took part in a major push in late September, meeting with lawmakers about the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act. The bill would safeguard more than 1 million acres across the Golden State and is supported by the...
Drive EV week was virtual, but real
October 6, 2020
This year National Drive Electric Week went online due to COVID-19, just as the Governor Newsom announced California would require 100% new EV passenger car and truck sales by 2035.
New law bans use of mountain lion-killing rat poison
October 6, 2020
In a win for wildlife, Governor Newsom signed AB 1788 into law on Sept. 29, which would ban the use of deadly second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, the rat poisons which kill mountain lions, wildlife, and household pets.