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Sierra Club Inner City Outings volunteer leaders were selected to receive a Community Leadership Award from the 2013 President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition for exemplary service and dedication to improving the lives of others...

Environmental activists and local citizens breathed a collective sigh of relief on June 7 when Southern California Edison announced it was abandoning efforts to restart the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant near San Clemente. Edison...

Photo © 2010 Darrell Clarke, courtesy Sierra Club Library June 7, 2013 – A red letter day in Southern California as Edison International announces the closure of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) near San Clemente...

For some time the scientific community has accepted that human activities are responsible for significantly altering our atmosphere, oceans, land, polar ice caps and ecosystems.   At present, 97% of all publishing climate scientists, view the...

Angeles Chapter members gathered May 5 at the Brookside Country Club in Pasadena to celebrate the achievements of some really fine volunteers. Guests mingled at the pre-dinner reception to the sounds of guitar music, engaging in friendly discussions...

Sierra Club's national board of directors has elected new officers for the grassroots environmental organization. David Scott of Ohio was named president of the Sierra Club's board of directors. Susana Reyes of the Sierra Club Angeles...

Environmental organizations, including Sierra Club, scored a victory in a long battle to oppose a landfill near Joshua Tree National Park that would have threatened wildlife and habitat in the desert area. In late May, the Sanitation Districts of...

City of Los AngelesEric GarcettiMayorEric Garcetti has a proven record of leadership on environmental issues. During his tenure on the Los Angeles City Council he authored the nation's largest green building ordinance as well as the nation's...

WASHINGTON, DC -- On April 30, the six-month anniversary of the week Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast, the Sierra Club celebrated the culmination of its successful 100-day campaign -- from Inauguration Day through Earth Day -- to push President...

Perhaps you already bring your own reusable grocery bags, have kicked the bottled water habit and know better than to microwave in plastics, but still find daily life swimming in plastics and want to use less of it. After recycling, the average...