Santa Barbara-Ventura Blog

If someone with a petition tries to corner you outside a shopping center in Ventura County, run the other way and not just because of the increasing risk of COVID. The petition is an attempt by oil companies to make an end run around environmental...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Read the latest news from the Los Padres Chapter

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.

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...

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.