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Renewables boost electricity’s appeal
April 5, 2019
Achieving our goal of 100 percent clean energy requires a new campaign to eliminate gas and electrify buildings and appliances.
July 20-23 - Island Hopping in Channel Islands National Park
April 4, 2019
Reserve now! Sierra Club runs channel island trips every year that always sell out. We have just added this new trip in one of the most popular months, but it will fill up quickly: July 20-23
Crowds Protest Santa Barbara County Oil Project
April 1, 2019
So many opponents turned out to comment at the oil hearing on ERGs project and Cat Canyon oil expansion on March 13th, the Planning Commission ran out of time to discuss and continued the item to March 27 and then May 29.
Electric Fleet Victory!
March 20, 2019
We won a significant victory this week. Santa Barbara County just voted go 100% electric on fleet cars up for replacement this next year. They'll go from 4 EVs to 55 or so over the next year with an eye toward eventually electrifying the whole 1449...
2019 Oil Timeline
January 27, 2019
2019 will determine the future of oil production in Santa Barbara County. Several large oil projects are proposed that would triple onshore production, and Exxon is seeking to restart offshore oil drilling from three platforms on the Gaviota coast...
Protests at Santa Maria Oil Hearing
January 19, 2019
AERA, which is owned by Shell and ExxonMobil, was met with protesters, signs and chants on January 17 in Santa Maria before a hearing on their draft environmental impact report, a hearing which went on for an unheard of three and half hours.
Santa Barbara Metro Transit District votes to switch to an all-electric, clean fleet by 2030
November 20, 2018
The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) Board of Directors voted unanimously today to set a goal of 100% clean, quiet zero emission buses by 2030.
The District decided to join Los Angeles Metro - with one quarter of the state's...
Schoolhouse meeting highlights risks of 750+ new oil wells in Santa Barbara County
November 8, 2018
Recently, 65 residents gathered in a rural elementary school auditorium just a few football fields away from a massive oil project proposed on top of Santa Maria’ s water supply.
On October 23, residents learned about three Kern County...