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America boasts 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands that provide one-of-a-kind opportunities for families to recreate and spend time together outdoors. The wildlife, clean water and scenery offered by our national forests are crucial...

The beauty industry hits hard on the importance of frequent exfoliation to keep skin looking younger and healthy. Spherical plastic micro-bead scrubbers, no larger than a half millimeter, have been introduced into hundreds of skin care products in...

Sierra Club for the first time staffed a booth at WorldFest, the 13th environmental event May 18 in Woodley Park in Van Nuys.   Thanks to our hard-working, enthusiastic and helpful volunteers, the first WorldFest tabling event was a...

The Sierra Club launched a national ad campaign in mid-June, urging Congress to reauthorize a critical incentive for domestic wind energy investments. The effort focuses on members of Congress with wind manufacturing jobs in their districts, and...

Jennifer Hodgen Robinson has left the Angeles Chapter after eight years as a conservation staff member. Robinson, who most recently was co-acting director of the Chapter with George Watland, left June 11 to relocate to the East Coast. "We all...

George Watland steps up as senior director of the Angeles Chapter Sierra Club. Watland, who has been with the Chapter for three and a half years, develops and implements all programs, policies, and  initiatives for the chapter.  He...

Most of the middle school kids had never been on a boat before. Most had never learned to swim, had never snorkeled or kayaked. And all 73 of them discovered a newfound love of camping and the outdoors. Angeles Chapter's Inspiring Connections...

Summer is here! With more daylight to burn, rooftop solar panels around the country are generating lots of clean energy and powering thousands of homes.
 When you go solar with the Sierra Club and Sungevity by June 30, you will receive a special $1...

President Obama on Wednesday, May 21, will designate his 11th national monument in a ceremony at the Department of Interior in Washington, D.C., creating the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in southern New Mexico. This is the...

June 7 marks the first anniversary of Southern California Edison’s decision to permanently close the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant near San Clemente. Gene Stone of Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE) summed it up this way...