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How we met: a Sierra Club bike romance
February 28, 2018
A Sierra Club bike trip in Geyserville brought together Lynn Schneider and Bob Migdal in 1984. They're still together today—and excited to ride again with the Bay Chapter's newly re-formed Bicycling Section.
Collect voter signatures to protect Sand Creek in Antioch
February 26, 2018
The Sand Creek area in south Antioch, located in eastern Contra Costa County, encompasses 1,850 acres of ranch and farmland. It is habitat for San Joaquin kit foxes, California red-legged frogs, tiger salamanders, burrowing owls, and a variety of...
SF pension fund fails to divest fully from fossil fuels
February 26, 2018
Despite the outpouring of public support for the SF Employees’ Retirement Board (SFERS) to divest from fossil fuels, the Retirement Board failed, at a recent meeting, to vote for full divestment with a timed deadline. They opted instead for a...
Climate literacy resolutions gain momentum in Bay Area school districts
February 21, 2018
Against a national backdrop of environmental rollbacks, deregulation, and climate change skepticism, and amidst the terrifying and historic fires that destroyed neighborhoods and lives in the North Bay and Southern California, it has been a...
State study recommends Wild and Scenic protections for Mokelumne River
February 13, 2018
The Mokelumne River, which begins high in the Sierra in Alpine County and flows west to the Delta, provides 90 percent of the water used by East Bay Municipal Utility District customers. Previous efforts to permanently protect sections of the upper...
Parking requirement threatens Berkeley’s ambitious affordable housing project
February 13, 2018
Putting underground parking below planned housing for the homeless in Berkeley is not only costly and short-sighted, but it will reduce the number of units that can be built.
California Department of Water Resources tries to duck new environmental analysis on tunnels proposal
February 8, 2018
Unable to secure certain funding for its proposed plan to spend more than $16 billion to build two environmentally damaging tunnels through the San Francisco Bay Delta, the Department of Water Resources announced today that it will build the two...
Sign up for Beginners Backpacking course — Application deadline extended to March 4!
February 5, 2018
Learn how to travel safely and comfortably with only a pack on your back during the annual Beginner’s Backpack course run by the Bay Chapter Backpack Section. We are offering this opportunity for folks who have little or no experience in backpacking...
Testify against repeal of the Clean Power Plan on February 28
February 5, 2018
On Wednesday, February 28 in San Francisco, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — now directed by climate change denier Scott Pruitt — is holding a hearing on Trump's proposed repeal of the EPA's Clean Power Plan (CPP). The CPP is our most...
Tell the Trump administration to stop pumping more water out of the San Francisco Bay Delta
January 29, 2018
Despite evidence that the San Francisco Bay Delta needs more water to thrive, the Trump Administration is recklessly trying to pump more water out of the largest estuary on the West Coast.