Santa Barbara-Ventura Blog

The new Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary will be the third largest sanctuary in the National Marine Sanctuary System.

Santa Barbara County Supervisors asked staff to return with plans to include oil and gas facilities in the Climate Action Plan, responding to community outrage that fossil fuels were one of the only industries left out.

Photos of Ag Committee event at the Ventura Expo Center nd other happenings across Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties

Day hiking or backpacking along the enchanting Manzana Creek in our beloved San Rafael Wilderness is Dr. Nature’s strongest prescription against the cosmic city blues.

Governor Newsom signed bills that will require fees that companies must pay to cover the cost of cleaning up 40,000 idle wells across the state and strengthen local government’s power to restrict oil and gas production (AB 3233), Another would shut...

The Sierra Club, and especially the Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter are preparing now to protect the planet and its people. We'll need your help.

Sightings by "Condor Call" editor Condor John Hankins

The CA Fire Marshal could enable oil drilling on the Gaviota Coast that stopped a decade ago after the Plains Pipeline burst.

If you have the time, our Chapter's four groups have openings

   A coalition of non-profit environmental organizations including the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit on Sept. 23 against ExxonMobil, the world’s largest producer of single-use plastic polymers.