DDT pollution persists off our shores
March 30, 2021
A UCSB science project using a marine robot happened to capture photographs of barrels littering the ocean floor. Samples collected during these missions found extremely high concentrations of DDT. The level of DDT concentrations found in our sea...
New trails now open in Harmon Canyon
March 30, 2021
Over the last few months, Ventura Land Trust has been welcoming thousands of visitors each month to Ventura's first large-scale nature preserve at the Harmon Canyon Preserve, 2,123-acre canyon of sprawling hillsides, coastal sage scrub and abundant...
A climate gap still faces us
March 30, 2021
One year into shelter-in-place due to Covid-19, we’ve experienced a fundamental shift in the way we live our lives. In 2020, global greenhouse emissions fell by 6.4%; in the US, they fell by a whopping 13%. Yet these reductions cannot be interpreted...
Huge drive to save San Marcos Foothills
March 30, 2021
Our Sierra Club Los Padres Chapter is supporting a push to purchase the San Marcos Foothills West Mesa which is a privately-owned 101-acre property next to the County-owned San Marcos Foothills Preserve.
Our bold local legislators take on the oil industry
March 30, 2021
When it comes to meeting our climate goals, California’s Achilles heel has long been the power of the oil industry. This year legislators are boldly taking aim at the risky oil extraction practices that threaten our region.
A 50-state fight on climate plans
March 30, 2021
Our Central California coast municipalities are lucky. We have been given a full slate of tools to protect health and fight climate change, and we should use every one of them.
I Joined a Virtual Power Plant
March 30, 2021
This week my family signed a “SoCal Edison Virtual Power Plant Enrollment Form,” officially making our house with its solar and battery system part of a Virtual Power Plant.
We're done with oil
March 30, 2021
Stories of people who switched to electric vehicles and are not looking back.
April May 2021 Condor Call Newsletter
March 29, 2021
Read the latest news from the Los Padres Chapter
All-electric buildings 101 webinar is now on video
March 26, 2021
Electric New Buildings 101 is now available on YouTube in English and Spanish versions. The one-hour video walks viewers through the health, cost and climate benefits of replacing gas with electricity and how you can make changes in your own home...