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Sustainability Forum Features Matt Petersen, LA Chief Sustainability Officer
December 12, 2014
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter invites you to our 2015 Sustainability Forum
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Come defend coastal lands at Coastal Commission hearing Jan. 7 – 9
December 3, 2014
For more than a decade, several coastal Sierra Club Task Forces have been working to protect and preserve our finite coastal resources in L.A. and Orange County. These highly contentious projects will be coming before the California Coastal...
What's at stake if U2 musician is allowed to trash Malibu hillside
December 2, 2014
The hillside ridge, as seen from Malibu lagoon, where musician David Evans wants to build five mansions on sensitive coastal habitat. The Sierra Club opposes the project. Photo credit: Jim Kenney
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Sierra Club urging Coastal Commission to protect Banning Ranch
December 2, 2014
View of the Newport Beach coastline from a high point in the Banning Ranch open space site.
How to make your voice heard at the Jan. 7-9 California Coastal Commission...
How to make solar power even easier for consumers
December 1, 2014
California doubled its rooftop solar power installations last year and leads the nation as a solar power giant. These are heady times for the residential solar industry, which has spurred job growth and attracted billions of investment dollars in...
Giving Tuesday is December 2
November 25, 2014
Skip the buying frenzy this Black Friday and Cyber Monday to do something that makes a difference.
On Tuesday, December 2, the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter will join in celebrating a day dedicated to...
Call in for Clean Air on Dec. 4
November 25, 2014
Spanish translation:
"Llamado para el Aire Limpio” Junta en persona y Virtual
El Informe del Estado del Aire en 2014 clasificó a Los Ángeles como la ciudad más contaminada con polución en el país, y tampoco ha cumplido con...
Join us for Remembering and Understanding John Muir panel Dec. 1
November 24, 2014
Join us for a Sierra Club Panel discussion called "Remembering and Understanding John Muir"
7 - 8:30 PM, December 1, at Vroman's bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101; 626-449-5320
Famed naturalist and...
LA-ICO leader Shirley Hickman wins national Sierra Club award
November 24, 2014
Chapter Chair Carole Mintzer, left; national board member Susana Reyes; Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune; honoree and ICO leader Shirley Hickman (center); leader Melody Anderson; and Chapter Vice Chair David...
What you don't know about the Trans Pacific Partnership could hurt you -- and the planet
November 20, 2014
TPP might sound like a bathroom accessory. Instead, it stands for Trans Pacific Partnership, which is a major trade pact being negotiated in secret by the U.S. and many other Pacific Rim countries.
Imagine you are the CEO of a multinational...