Conservation

Last Monday, Sierra Club and our partners (Food and Water Action, Climate Brunch, and Center for Biological Diversity) launched a canvass in Signal Hill. We knocked on over 150 doors and educated residents about the harmful health effects of living...

The rainstorms continue to turn the ocean into a dumping ground, inundating it with a deluge of trash, including a lot of single-use plastics that should have never been produced in the first place.  “I’d like to put a water wheel...

As we end the third month of 2024, there are signs that a brand-new program from the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is bearing fruit. One of the provisions of the IRA, passed in 2022, is the creation of a program that allows non-taxable entities...

I’m bothered by the lopsided emphasis on plastic recycling over the environmental injustices caused by plastic production and disposal.    Have you heard about the sacrifice zones in Louisiana, Texas and Pennsylvania? Then-Sierra...

“There it is. Take it”. William Mulholland, mastermind behind the now 110 year old Los Angeles Aqueduct, spoke these words as water first surged down through the channel and began to make its way towards Southern California. Now...

For decades, raw sewage from Tijuana, Mexico has, and continues, to flow across the border into San Diego, California.  This discharge flows into the Tijuana River Valley, and ultimately to the Pacific Ocean.  This pollution has negatively...

Southern California Cities are moving towards independence from imported water from faraway watersheds and the Bay Delta Estuary. Given the extremes of dry and wet weather with climate change, forward thinking Southern California cities are relying...

What is 30x30? 30x30 is the global movement to protect 30% of our planet’s land and water by 2030 as a stepping stone toward protecting at least half of the Earth by 2050. 30x30 aims to protect and restore biodiversity, expand access to...

WeTap and the Sierra Club are the perfect ‘water partners.’ Collaboration and communication are the keys to healthy communities and a clean environment. The mission of WeTap is to:    Bring greater awareness to the...

The Color of Water Initiative was created by the Water Hub to build voice and visibility for people of color in the water movement. Our goal is to connect reporters with a more diverse set of experts, and build capacity for these experts to elevate...