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Judge's ruling puts Martinez open space initiative on the ballot — but a challenge remains
March 20, 2018
After winning an important victory in court, the Martinez Open Space and Park Protection Initiative has officially been added to the June 5 Primary Election ballot. However, following its loss in court, the Martinez City Council has placed its own...
Sierra Club and allies petition EPA to reject refinery’s secret tar sands expansion permit
March 20, 2018
Communities for a Better Environment, the Sierra Club, and allied groups are petitioning the U.S. EPA to revoke a permit for expanded refining of heavy oil at the Phillips 66 plant in Rodeo that was approved by the Bay Area Air Quality Management...
Bay Chapter endorses candidates for national Sierra Club board
March 15, 2018
National Sierra Club elections are underway. Please VOTE! A democratic Sierra Club demands grassroots participation.
Take action: No more delays for Berkeley Way transit-oriented housing
March 12, 2018
At its March 13th meeting, the Berkeley City Council will discuss the Berkeley Way project — the city's most ambitious development for affordable and supportive housing for the homeless in over a decade. Tuesday's meeting is our chance to make a...
Speak up for local clean energy on March 21
March 7, 2018
We urgently need people to speak to the board of East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), Alameda County’s new not-for-profit power program, in support of the development of local clean energy resources in the East Bay. The board needs to hear how local...
A "peak bagger" photographs Bay Area high points
February 28, 2018
Travel photographer David Sanger has hiked hundreds of peaks, ridges, and mountains in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2014 he began a comprehensive effort to hike and photograph Bay Area peaks, at one point climbing a new peak each day for 121...
How we met: a Sierra Club bike romance
February 28, 2018
A Sierra Club bike trip in Geyserville brought together Lynn Schneider and Bob Migdal in 1984. They're still together today—and excited to ride again with the Bay Chapter's newly re-formed Bicycling Section.
Collect voter signatures to protect Sand Creek in Antioch
February 26, 2018
The Sand Creek area in south Antioch, located in eastern Contra Costa County, encompasses 1,850 acres of ranch and farmland. It is habitat for San Joaquin kit foxes, California red-legged frogs, tiger salamanders, burrowing owls, and a variety of...
SF pension fund fails to divest fully from fossil fuels
February 26, 2018
Despite the outpouring of public support for the SF Employees’ Retirement Board (SFERS) to divest from fossil fuels, the Retirement Board failed, at a recent meeting, to vote for full divestment with a timed deadline. They opted instead for a...
Climate literacy resolutions gain momentum in Bay Area school districts
February 21, 2018
Against a national backdrop of environmental rollbacks, deregulation, and climate change skepticism, and amidst the terrifying and historic fires that destroyed neighborhoods and lives in the North Bay and Southern California, it has been a...