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Let's clean up San Fernando Valley's groundwater sooner than later
September 1, 2016
The San Fernando Valley's industrial past has come back to haunt it. Starting in the 1940s, aircraft manufacturing and other heavy industry sites set up operations in the northeast Valley. The sites are long gone, but guess what got left...
Walk the entire Backbone Trail in Sierra Club's 2017 eight-hike series
September 1, 2016
Sierra Club leader Bob Cody on the Mishe Mokwa Trail, which is part of the Backbone Trail, in Ventura County. Credit: Courtesy Anna Sharpe Cody
The Backbone Trail, a 67-mile continuous hiking trail that winds...
Travel Adventure: Walk with us June 5-17 on England's incomparable coastal path
August 29, 2016
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter leads Travel Adventures that show you nature's best places around the world. This trip, Hiking England's South West Coast Path: Section One, runs from June 5 to 17. ...
Join Evan Gillespie to Go Solar & Save $750
August 27, 2016
Evan Gillespie, Sierra Club's My Generation Campaign Director, Goes Solar for His Home and Family in SoCal
Every single day, there are things we can do, choices we can make, that help protect the planet...
How do you want to see San Gabriel Mountains National Monument managed? Now you can have a say
August 25, 2016
A ranger explains how animal jaws work to La Esperanza Elementary fourth-graders during a Sierra Club-sponsored visit to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The Forest Service makes no commitment supporting...
Inside Patagonia, from glaciers to peaks
August 12, 2016
Perrito Moreno Glacier in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Photos by Marielle Grenade-Willis
Marielle Grenade-Willis was a participant on a Patagonia tour organized by the Angeles Chapter Sierra Club....
Exploring the wide-open spaces of Mongolia, Sierra Club style
August 11, 2016
What's it like to go on a Travel Adventure sponsored by the Angeles Chapter? Leader Bruce Hale shares this account of the amazing adventure in Mongolia he co-led with Leader Fred Dong. Check out all of our Travel Adventure trips to plan your...
What's the plan for long-term storage of radioactive waste from nuclear power plants? There isn't one -- yet
August 5, 2016
The now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in San Diego County.
Credit: Luke Jones/Wikimedia
After more than 30 years of non-action, the federal government’s unmet promise of safe, remote long-term...
Stop Poseidon from getting a permit for Huntington Beach desalination plant
August 4, 2016
The proposed Poseidon Huntington Beach Desalination plant in Huntington Beach was to be considered by the California Coastal Commission in September but now has been postponed at least until December. This unnecessary project would not only...
Join us for Coastal Commission hearing on Banning Ranch
August 4, 2016
This is the current final stretch in the race to Save Banning Ranch, a 400-acre swath of the last unprotected coastal open space in Southern California. It borders Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach.
Three cctions you can take:
Sign...