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Advertising's not-so-subtle effect on the planet
June 6, 2012
When I was a kid, I once read that a person is never more than 10 feet away from a spider, a fact that led me to contemplate what might be lurking under floorboards and sidewalks. Nowadays I find myself entertaining something more troubling: I...
Chapter transportation advocate honored by Move LA
June 4, 2012
Move LA honors Sierra Club activist and former Angeles Chapter Chair Darrell Clarke as a Great Transit Champion for his dogged advocacy of public transportation in Southern California.
The transportation coalition lauded Clarke for stepping...
L.A. votes in plastic bag ban
May 23, 2012
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter applauds the city of Los Angeles' decision to ban plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines. L.A. becomes the largest city in the nation to approve such a ban.
Chapter members rallied at City Hall on Wednesday...
Japan idles its nuclear power plants
May 21, 2012
During the first weekend in May, as the Sierra Club’s No Nukes Team hosted its Summit in Washington, D.C., Japan’s last running nuclear reactor was turned off, leaving Japan without nuclear power for the first time in more than four...
When fracking becomes a local issue
May 11, 2012
In a rush to keep developing more natural gas and oil, oil and gas companies are relying more heavily on a technique of stimulation and extraction known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking. Using this process, companies that develop gas and...
It's Time To Expand Los Angeles' Recycling Efforts
May 10, 2012
Hillary Gordon whe heads the Angeles Chapter Zero Waste Committee protested at the rally.
photo by Tom Politeo
“Shame on them!” cried labor, environmental and community activists assembled in front of American Reclamation’s...
Proposed Ballfields Run Afoul Of Griffith Park Vision
May 10, 2012
Creating two youth baseball fields at Crystal Springs in Griffith Park runs contary
to the benefactor's vision for the park as a place of rest for "the plain people".
photo by Tom Polito
RELATED: Is Griffith Park ready...
Forest Fees Put On Hold
May 10, 2012
A federal appeals court decision in an Arizona case sharply restricts and may end the Adventure Pass program that imposes recreation fees for visitors to Angeles National Forest and other federal lands. The U.S. Forest Service, though, made no...
President Obama Agrees With Club's Mission Outdoors Vision
May 10, 2012
“Connecting people to our lands is personally important to me,” said President Obama at the White House Conference on Conservation held in early March. The conference, convened by the President and his cabinet, was titled Growing America...
'Dear Becky ... You Know Everything About Nature!'
May 10, 2012
College Student Rebecca Niemlec spent her summer designing curicula and
taking students outdoors with the Chapter's Inner-City Outings Committee
photo by Joe Young
The sun was setting over the horizon, casting a pink hue over the vast...