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The East Fork Project: New plans for popular San Gabriel River site
April 22, 2016
Those who visit the San Gabriel River north of Azusa find few clean restrooms or trash cans, few places to safely access the river, few interpretive programs and few rangers (especially multilingual ones) to answer questions about the area. Water...
Sierra Club and others sue air-quality agency over emission-credit program
March 31, 2016
If you ever need a reminder of the power of Big Oil, read on.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District, which oversees a region with the dirtiest air in the nation, decided in December to give polluters like oil refineries a break instead of...
It's a crazy political year ...
March 31, 2016
The upcoming 2016 presidential election can be summed up in one word: unprecedented.
The number of candidates vying for the GOP nomination and larger-than-life personalities of some candidates (need we say more?) add up to one confusing...
Sierra Club en español!
March 31, 2016
¿Qué hace su capítulo local del Sierra Club? Un montón, pero no siempre hemos sido bien acerca de llegar a nuestros miembros y seguidores de habla hispana - hasta ahora.
Acompáñenos en SoCal Español, un lugar de reunión mensual en...
Sierra Club 'n' beer: You drink, we benefit!
March 31, 2016
We’re not usually this beer crazy. Really.
But the Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. in Westlake Village has a crazy good reason to hoist a pint in our honor.
Every Wednesday in April, starting April 6, the company pours from a Benefit...
Want to kill your lawn? Open Yard Sustainability can show you how to be a water keeper
March 30, 2016
Sierra Club activist Jeanette Vosburg and her family will host an Open Yard Sustainability event on April 16 -- and you're invited.
The free event is open to anyone who wants to find out how to replace your lawn with native plants and...
The Ultimate Earth Day 2016 Guide
March 30, 2016
Every Wednesday in April: Hoist a beer for Earth Day! Every beer you order from the "benefit taphandle" at Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. brings a donation to Angeles Chapter Sierra Club. It happens Wednesdays only -- and only in April --...
FREE Community Forum : Climate and Coastal Protection
March 29, 2016
Climate change is already affecting our coast.
Come learn how this rapid change will affect:
business
property
cities
communities
Focusing on water issues specific to the OC Coast...
Photos: The extraordinary life of Glen Dawson
March 25, 2016
Glen Dawson received his life membership in Sierra Club in 1921 as a gift from Aurelia Harwood, the Club's first female president and an ardent environmentalist. He was just 9 years old.
He remained the longest-tenured life member in...