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Every summer I join my family for a week of fishing and relaxation along a lake shore in northern Michigan. It’s always a pleasant time, much of it spent sitting in the shade of a big pine tree talking and catching up after a year apart....

Poseidon Resources recently made another move in their attempt to build the environmentally destructive Poseidon Huntington Beach Desalination Plant. If built, this plant will increase energy use and greenhouse gasses, degrade water quality and fish...

Deep in the Golden Trout Wilderness is a rock scramble called Moses Mountain. Chapter leaders Virgil Shields and Ann Pedreschi summited the peak in the Western Sierra on July 24 -- and discovered more than gorgeous views and a great climb. The peak...

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you or someone in your group was injured while on a wilderness outing where calling 911 is not an option or access to professional medical care is more than one hour away? Urban first aid courses cover...

Patti Laursen, 85, forest activist and classical music producer Patti Laursen started listening to classical music when she was 3 years old, and not long after that, her parents took her hiking. She went on to become one of the first female...

My one- bedroom apartment is home to a thriving herd of thousands of wriggling worms, ranging freely through a colony of bins. Worms are not demanding houseguests. Some soil to bed down in, a container to live in, and some...

The California Supreme Court ruled July 8 in a unanimous decision that geographic information systems (GIS) data must be provided to the public for a nominal fee under the Public Records Act. The decision has broad application, confirming that...

For a decade and a half, the Angeles Chapter Sierra Club has been fighting a toll road plan in Orange County that would forever change the landscape of much used parklands and reserves. Here's our latest victory. The Transportation...

The 2013 Women in Green Forum seeks to create a venue for sustainability professionals to develpo the skills necessary for professional success, to promote women's leadership across the environmental inudstry, and to provide insightful...

Before the landmark gay rights rulings from the Supreme Court, President Barack Obama on June 27 announced his administration's next steps for building a legacy of action to fight the climate crisis. The plan includes new energy efficiency...