Local lands website
August 8, 2020
There has never been a more important and positive time to get out and explore our remarkable federal, state, county, and city public lands. A new website provides a great guide. Camps and gardens reopen.
No relief from carbon
August 8, 2020
For months, climate experts have urged governments to center renewable energy and infrastructure in their economic revivals, seeing the drop in global emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as a chance to transition to a greener future. However,...
Save a 'biodiversity hotspot'
August 8, 2020
On the provocative threat to cut down old-growth trees and chaparral across 755 acres deep in the Ventura County backcountry, the Forest Service extended the public comment deadline to August 14.
Biking is on a roll everywhere
August 8, 2020
During the quarantine, bike riding is flourishing, especially with great weather but also because indoor activities are limited these days. Some great rides and big plans await.
‘I’ll never buy a gas car again’
August 8, 2020
It's getting easier and more affordable to go electric. Used electric cars are now an option, and new ones have longer ranges, with more public charging infrastructure, which opens up long-distance travel. California offers grants and generous...
Exxon Trucking opposed
August 7, 2020
A coalition of major environmental groups opposes ExxonMobil using trucks to transport offshore oil to refineries, and Santa Barbara County’s final environmental impact report released in July gives them no comfort that is anywhere near safe. No...
Wild Bills Can't Be Killed
August 7, 2020
In a win for wilderness, the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act and other outdoor bills protecting wildlife and open space in our region got into a must-pass bill, a rare bipartisan win.
Oil setbacks...literally
August 7, 2020
Finally! Ventura is updating its General Plan to include oil well setbacks from homes, prohibitions on oil trucking and flaring, and climate-friendly building code. Meanwhile, Exxon is trying to increase oil trucking in Santa Barbara. Crimson forced...
August September 2020 Condor Call Newsletter
August 7, 2020
Read the latest news from the Los Padres Chapter