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Awards Banquet on May 3 embraces Year of Muir theme
March 2, 2015
What better way to celebrate the Angeles Chapter's remarkable 2014 volunteers than with a Year of Muir-themed Annual Awards Banquet on May 3 in Pasadena.
Bruce Hamilton, Sierra Club's deputy executive director, will speak about Muir...
L.A. activists push EPA to heighten ozone regulations
March 2, 2015
Activists in Washington, D.C., rally to show support of proposed EPA rules that will strengthen smog rules.
You have until March 17 to comment on the EPA's Proposal to Revise Ozone Standards. The Sierra Club...
Torrance refinery blast shows the need for more scrutiny on air quality
March 2, 2015
On Thursday, March 5, the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee and the Environmental Quality Committee will hold a joint hearing at 6 p.m. March 5 at Torrance City Hall to address the recent ExxonMobil Refinery explosion in Torrance...
Free legal toolbox workshop for environmental activists: Oil production, distribution and fracking
February 24, 2015
Environmental Law Series
A Legal Toolbox for Environmental Activists
Workshop VIII: Oil Production, Distribution and Fracking
Join us for a day of training for activists who want to learn how to use the law to attain their environmental...
You can help save Banning Ranch in Orange County
February 23, 2015
Dear Angeles Chapter Members and Supporters,
Banning Ranch wildlife need your protection! Sensitive habitat is being threatened once again in Orange County, we urge the Coastal Commission to help save the habitat and...
Sierra Club statement on Exxon Mobil Refinery Explosion in Torrance
February 18, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY
February 18, 2015
Media Contact:
Angélica González
Angeles Chapter Conservation Program Manager
angelica.gonzalez@sierraclub.org
Phone: 213-387-4287 x204
Mobile: 909-630-1450
Sierra Club Statement on...
Travel Adventure trip to Cuba -- the yuca, Sinatra and the cars!
February 12, 2015
Cuba is known for being in a time capsule, with cars from the 1950s still on the streets. Credit: Bruce Hale
Let us take you on your next Travel Adventure! Last December, the Angeles Chapter organized its first...
Drafting a safe plan for San Onofre's nuclear waste
February 12, 2015
The day Southern California Edison announced it was shutting the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant -- June 7, 2013 -- was a big day for the Angeles Chapter’s San Onofre Task Force. The Chapter played a part in the decision, but there was...
Be inspired by 'Soul of a Citizen' author Paul Loeb
February 1, 2015
Paul Loeb, who continues to influence a generation of activists with his book "Soul of a Citizen," will be the keynote speaker at a Sierra Club Angeles Chapter fund-raising event March 1.
"Mission: Possible -- A Conversation...
Living the green life in Leimert Park
January 30, 2015
Want to see what real green living looks like?
Join us from 9 a.m. to noon March 28 to see how one Sierra Club member in Leimert Park is doing a good job of living lightly on the planet.
Visitors to the private home will be...