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Milky Way and bristlecone pine is a winner for this Chapter leader
January 29, 2016
Credit: Peter Mason
Congratulations to #PeterMason, Angeles Chapter Camera Committee leader whose extraordinary photo won the 2015 Best Photo of the Year by the Nevada County Camera Club in Nevada County,...
Are you #Readyfor100 -- ready for 100% renewable energy?
January 29, 2016
Credit: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Santa Monica recently announced it is signing a contract to power its municipal operations with 100% clean energy—making it the latest in a string of cities across the U.S....
AQMD falls short of community demands to shut down Porter Ranch gas leak
January 27, 2016
Porter Ranch residents, activists from the Angeles Chapter and Food & Water Watch turned out at several hearings in January to urge the South Coast Air Quality Management District to direct Southern California Gas Co. to...
Sierra Club sues Coastal Commission to halt mountain-top housing project in Malibu
January 27, 2016
The hillside ridge, as seen from Malibu lagoon, which would be destroyed if the Sweetwater Mesa project is built. Sierra Club has sued to halt the project. Photo credit: Jim Kenney
Sierra Club's Angeles Chapter...
Don't let developers control the Coastal Commission
January 27, 2016
The California Coastal Commission is facing a serious crisis and needs your help.
Developers who are not satisfied with rules that protect public access and the environment along our state's beautiful coast are trying to weaken the 12-...
Say no to routing dangerous crude-carrying trains through San Luis Obispo County
January 25, 2016
Join us at a Feb. 4 hearing in San Luis Obispo to make your voice heard to #stopoiltrains. RSVP to samuel.sukaton@sierraclub.org, (213) 819-8804.
As massive quantities of fracked crude oil are extracted from North Dakota and Montana; and as...
#PorterRanchGasLeak will continue to leak, people will bear the burden
January 16, 2016
The Hearing Board of the Southern California Air Quality District on Jan. 16 once again postponed making a decision on which steps should be taken to stop the massive methane leak from Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon natural gas...
The frustration and folly of the #PorterRanchGasLeak
January 16, 2016
George Denny, far left, joins Sierra Club activists at a hearing about the #PorterRanchGasLeak in January.
Credit: Sierra Club
Wanta live in Porter Ranch? Three and a half years ago, that seemed like a good...
Porter Ranch: Shut it all down!
January 14, 2016
An early morning rally before the hearing frames the debate by calling on the Aliso Canyon gas facility to be shut down (#ShutItALLdown, #PorterRanchGasLeak) Credit: Sierra Club
Join us Saturday, Jan....
Sierra Club demands action on Porter Ranch gas leak
January 9, 2016
Porter Ranch, CA – Today, the South Coast Air Quality Management District provided Californians who have been forced to abandon their homes and their daily lives and those concerned by Southern California Gas Company’s methane disaster...