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Tell L.A. County Board of Supervisors to hold off on EIRs for Santa Clarita development plans
July 17, 2017
Stop climate change by opposing urban sprawl and save L.A. County's last free-flowing river, the Santa Clara River.
Action Item: Please email a comment on the three issues below before July 18 L.A. County Board of Supervisors meeting...
Just say no to the California Water Fix
July 6, 2017
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in California, USA, looking northwest. The Sacramento River is above, the San Joaquin River below. The main island between is Sherman Island. At its upper tip on the left is...
Save the National Monuments event July 6th Santa Monica
July 3, 2017
San Gabriel Mountains Forever
Thursday, July 6
7pm
Patagonia Santa Monica
1344 4th St. Santa Monica, CA 90401
Presentation by Sierra Club speakers about the Trump Administration’s threat to our National Monuments and what you can do about...
Free environmental film series in Hollywood
July 3, 2017
"Earth Focus" is an environmental news magazine that features investigative reports and in-depth stories about our changing environment and how it affects people around the world.
"Earth Focus" presents the inaugural Earth...
New L.A. exhibition envisions the environment in yarn
July 3, 2017
Think about creating a version of the environment in crochet. That's the idea behind a new exhibition by Liz Flynn and Alyssa Arney, who run an organization called Threadwinners.
The two will debut an immersive...
Raise your voice for national monuments by July 10
July 3, 2017
The 346,000-acre San Gabriel Mountains National Monument was established by President Obama in October 2014. This action was taken at the request of the Sierra Club and many other local groups who had been working for over a decade to develop an...
Angeles Chapter Stands with the National Monuments on June 24th
June 14, 2017
President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order that directs the Department of the Interior to review national monuments created by Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. That’s not only a brazen attack on the 111-year-old...
Southern California has the dirtiest air in the nation. Who's supposed to fix that?
June 2, 2017
Yvonne Watson, a Sierra Club clean-air activist and lifelong Southern California resident, recounts the history of air pollution in Southern California and her struggle to breathe throughout her life in the most polluted air...
Six national monuments in California that need your help
June 2, 2017
President Trump's order to review 27 national monuments created over the last two decades includes six in California. Sierra Club, activists and outdoors lovers worked hard to create these public lands for recreation and habitat protection. Now...