Santa Barbara-Ventura Blog

We've been warning of oil spills, fires, tanker accidents, road closures and more from Exxon's Jump the Shark plan to restart its 1970s/80s-era offshore drilling operations on the Gaviota Coast. The last two weeks showed we were right.

Despite a new law banning the use of lead ammunition in the state, California condors continue to die from lead poisoning.

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. This covers the last two months. Jim is our chapter vice-...

It’s not often scores of local artists get together for a live and virtual event, but on the weekend of Oct. 23 and 24 there is a very special event called: Climate + Art = Change for a Clean World.

Sierra Club applauded the defeat of the attempted recall of Gov. Gavin Newson, but there’s more to the story and more to be done to ensure Newsom is held accountable for his agenda, according to Sierra Club California's Executive Director, Brandon...

The excitement over National Drive Electric Week from Sept. 19 to Oct. 2 was palpable at the Channel Islands Harbor show on Sunday, Sept. 26.

A major oil spill off the Orange County coast spilled at least 130,000 gallons of oil into coastal waters, starting on Oct. 2 and creating a miles-wide slick offshore Huntington Beach. But some good news on shutting down platforms in our region.

We took a trip to the landfill to see its newest operations. We learned what happens after our trash gets hauled away, and what that means for our planet.

Santa Barbara Clean Energy (City of Santa Barbara) and the Central Coast Community Energy (Santa Barbara County, Goleta, Carpinteria), launched in October -- bringing locally-controlled energy to SB County.

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