Dec 2020 - Jan 2021 Condor Call Newsletter
December 3, 2020
Read the latest news from the Los Padres Chapter
Ojai says goodbye to gas in new buildings
October 28, 2020
The City of Ojai voted to phase out gas in new buildings on Tuesday, Oct. 27, making it the first city in Ventura County to embrace an all-electric future.
Fighting for the Protecting America's Wilderness Act
October 6, 2020
People who fight for public lands took part in a major push in late September, meeting with lawmakers about the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act. The bill would safeguard more than 1 million acres across the Golden State and is supported by the...
Drive EV week was virtual, but real
October 6, 2020
This year National Drive Electric Week went online due to COVID-19, just as the Governor Newsom announced California would require 100% new EV passenger car and truck sales by 2035.
New law bans use of mountain lion-killing rat poison
October 6, 2020
In a win for wildlife, Governor Newsom signed AB 1788 into law on Sept. 29, which would ban the use of deadly second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, the rat poisons which kill mountain lions, wildlife, and household pets.
Wildlife corridor is critical
October 6, 2020
It’s been one mountain lion kitten den after another this summer for National Park Service biologists in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills. In total, 13 kittens were born to five mountain lion mothers between May and August 2020.
Plastic recycling a ‘betrayal of trust’
October 6, 2020
“How Big Oil Misled the Public into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled” is the headline to an important NPR investigation. The story, published in September, is part of a joint investigation with the PBS series Frontline that includes the...
Club launches 30 x 30 to protect land and water
October 6, 2020
The Sierra Club has launched a bold new visionary conservation agenda with partner organizations. The 30 x 30 Conservation Agenda calls on our nation to preserve 30% of the land and water mass of our nation by 2030.
Wins come from challenging oil
October 5, 2020
A slew clean energy victories is creating a climate-friendly future for the Central Coast.
Sierra Club honors icon RBG
October 5, 2020
Sierra Club's statement on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who passed away on Sept. 18 after numerous battles from cancer, yet still was an active member of the Supreme Court to the end.