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Climate change rally: Hands Across the Harbor in L.A.
May 2, 2014
How much do you know about the local effects of climate change?
Join us for a May 17 event called Hands Across the Harbor to learn about the effects of dirty air and pollution. The day begins at 10 a.m.in the Port of Los Angeles for a public...
A new and better plan to protect Santa Monica Mountains
May 1, 2014
The California Coastal Commission voted at a heavily attended public meeting on April 11 to protect the Santa Monica Mountains from overdevelopment by unanimously certifying the Los Angeles County Local Coastal Plan (LCP). L.A. County Supervisor...
Supreme Court sides with environmental groups in key cross-state air pollution ruling
May 1, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion on April 29 in a case considering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution rule, which will protect Americans from dangerous cross-state air pollution from coal-fired power...
Mayor celebrates Earth Day with Sierra Club
April 22, 2014
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday presented the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter with a proclamation from the City of L.A.to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Standing at a point in Griffith Park called 3 Mile Tree (because it's...
Events on Earth Day and beyond
April 18, 2014
Show your green side! Here are some free and ticketed events on Earth Day and beyond.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 22: Join Sierra Club, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman Tom LaBonge for an Earth Day event in Griffith Park that celebrates the 50th...
Passages: Sierra Club leader Phil Dorner
April 17, 2014
Longtime Sierra Club leader Philip Henderson Dorner died on Aug. 16, 2013. He was 90 years old.
Phil was one half of the dynamic duo, consisting of himself and Ed Lubin, who led the Sierra Club’s hike in the Pacific...
Join us for Earth Day 2014 in Griffith Park
April 15, 2014
**We recommend carpooling, as parking along the road will be limited.
Restrooms are located in the Griffith Park Observatory parking lot. Please note, there are no facilities at 3-Mile Tree.
Please bring water and wear walking shoes. After...
Celebrate John Muir's birthday!
March 22, 2014
John Muir was born April 21, 1838, in Dunbar, Scotland. Come mark the Sierra Club founder's birthday on an April 19 hike. Three hikes of varying difficulty converge on -- where else? -- John Muir Peak in the Angeles National Forest. These...
Griffith Park's field of schemes
March 21, 2014
Although Colonel Griffith J. Griffith donated almost 4,000 acres of his Rancho Los Feliz land to the City of Los Angeles in order to provide a place of respite for the “plain people,” many eye this piece of real estate as a land of...
Is this the face of nature's next generation? We hope so
March 19, 2014
We (heart) Abby, big-time. Why? Because she's the face of the Sierra Club's future -- and a promising one at that.
Abby King, a newly minted 14-year-old, hopes to complete 25 of the peaks on the Angeles Chapter's Hundred Peaks Section...