Palos Verdes-South Bay Sierra Club
Category: Environmental damage
California Brown Pelican: Mysterious Deaths Despite DDT Ban
The continuing saga of the California brown pelican. Photo: Beverly Gates
Read MoreCalifornia Fires: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Some conifers need fire to propagate, but climate change makes fires too frequent and destructive.
Read MoreSafeguarding White Sage
Unfortunately, most of the white sage being sold is poached from the wild and local populations are being decimated.
Read MoreMy Walk among the Giants
California’s redwoods are in trouble; Save the Redwoods League strives to help.
Read MoreThe Big Stink in Carson
People suffered headaches, difficulty breathing, nausea and vomiting. What caused the big stink?
Read MoreLet’s Get Together:
Local communities gained a say in decisions that affect air pollution in the harbor area with the passage of AB617.
Read MoreWhat Lies Beneath
Decades of legal and illegal dumping off the Palos Verdes coast have left a toxic legacy.
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CALL FOR ANGELES CHAPTER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CANDIDATES
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter is looking for members to run for the chapter Executive Committee.
Read MoreLies Cost Lives
Millions living in the vicinity of two South Bay refineries are at risk from massive amounts of highly toxic hydrogen fluoride.
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Garbage In, Global Warming Out: Can We Disrupt the Flow?
L.A. County has taken a step toward reducing the greenhouse gas given off by food waste by processing to generate electricity, but the problem is far from solved.
Read MoreState allows power plants to continue harmful cooling method
By Melanie Cohen, Environmental Co-Chair In 2010, after decades of complaints from environmentalists, California water regulators ordered 19 coastal power plants to phase out a cooling process that is blamed for killing billions of marine organisms every year. In “once-through…
Read MoreLinks of Interest
The Forest Committee of Sierra Club’s Angeles Chapter launches a series of programs on wildfire Annals of a warming planet: The West Coast wildfires are Apocalypse, Again. The New Yorker Severe burn damage from California wildfires seen from space. Live…
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