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The Sierra Club works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making the region's Sustainable Communities Strategy a success.
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Bay Area considers easing gas appliance ban with new homeowner exemptions—A district committee is scheduled to consider a staff proposal for amendments… www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... @jjreport.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
Bay Area considers easing gas appliance ban with new homeowner exemptions
Pollution regulators with the Bay Area Air District could soften rules that will require stores to replace natural gas water heaters and furnaces with more environmentally friendly models.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 3rd for this 10 mile hike, with 1,650' elevation gain.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Join our Water Committee Meeting on December 4th!
Learn more at tinyurl.com/5dtwtxf2
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November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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President Trump and his cabinet secretaries are enamored with coal, a dying energy source whose operating costs outweigh the revenue it generates. So who’s asking for this? Hint - it’s not the average American.
The Real Reason the Feds Want to Revive Coal
Here’s how the revival of a dying industry could increase your energy bills
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November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Civic Center BART station reopens after electrical fire prompts train evacuations—The Civic Center BART station was closed and evacuated late Tuesday morning as smoke filled the station following an electrical issue… www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... @annabauman.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
Civic Center BART station reopens after electrical fire prompts train evacuations
An equipment problem disrupted BART operations shortly before noon Tuesday, prompting the Civic Center station closure and developing delays in all directions.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Novato moves ahead with eco-efficiency upgrades to buildings—The project is funded through a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. program that allows large entities like local governments to upgrade to energy efficient equipment. www.marinij.com/2025/11/24/n... Callie Rhoades MarinIJ
Novato moves ahead with eco-efficiency upgrades to buildings
The project is estimated to cost about $247,000 but save nearly $249,000 in energy bills. The savings will cover the zero-interest loan for the work.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Mill Valley grapples with mounting road repair costs—Mill Valley’s estimated road repair budget for the next five years will cover about half of the needed work, according to a city consultant. www.marinij.com/2025/11/24/m... Steven Rosenfeld MarinIJ
Mill Valley grapples with mounting road repair costs
Eighty-three percent of the city’s streets are in relatively good shape, but the ones that aren’t constitute 80% of the expenditures needed, a consultant reported.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy—In September, Oakland exhausted its last legal option for appeal, and the coal project must now go forward. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u... Soumya Karlamangla @nytimes.com
A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy
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November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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With goal to conserve 30% of CA's lands & coastal waters by 2030 (30x30) & increased conservation interest in the Diablo Range, the Sierra Club CA/NV Wilderness Team took a 3-day study trip through the area which has tremendous contribution potential to the 30x30 goal.
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Diablo Range Exploratory Trip Report – November 1 - 3, 2025
By Katja Irvin
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November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
S.F. to install new infrastructure to slow cars on 141 city streets—Earlier this year San Francisco transportation officials made an awkward announcement: They had to suspend a popular request line for “traffic calming” on… www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s... @rswansf.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
S.F. to install new infrastructure to slow cars on 141 city streets
Work on San Francisco streets has begun as SFMTA crews install new infrastructure to slow cars throughout the city.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Bay Area weather: After tule fog and sneaker waves, what will Thanksgiving hold?—the Tuesday through Thanksgiving Day stretch will feature lovely weather conditions, with lots of sunshine and afternoon temperatures… www.sfchronicle.com/weather-fore... @gporterwx.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Bay Area weather: After tule fog and sneaker waves, what will Thanksgiving hold?
Thanksgiving week offers a “pause” button on weather until the atmosphere gets restless.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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"I know many of you are reeling right now, inundated with questions from friends and supporters who read the New York Times article. I strongly believe in the importance of learning from what has worked and what hasn’t and constantly evolving to meet the moment."
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Letter From Executive Director Loren Blackford on Recent NYT Coverage
I know many of you are reeling right now, inundated with questions from friends and supporters who read the New York Times article. Some find the article to be a vindication, a wake-up call, or a lear...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Trucks could return to this Bay Area highway after a 74-year ban. People aren’t happy—Oakland’s two interstate freeways run parallel to one another, but represent different worlds. I-880 is the industrial… www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... @rswansf.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
Trucks could return to this Bay Area highway after a 74-year ban. People aren’t happy
Policymakers now see the truck ban as historical baggage, but even the possibility of change has rattled residents.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air—Iowa City eliminated bus fares in August 2023 with a goal of lowering emissions from cars and encouraging people to take public transit… www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c... @carabuckley.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The cost to drive in I-80’s new toll lanes in Solano County will be dictated by an algorithm—Like everything else in the Bay Area, the price to enter these express lanes will be dictated by an algorithm. The price… www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... @rswansf.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
The cost to drive in I-80’s new toll lanes in Solano County will be dictated by an algorithm
New toll lanes will open on Interstate 80 in Solano County, designed to ease traffic on a stretch of freeway perennially choked by shoppers and commuters. The price will be dictated by an...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Why do cars keep crashing into one part of the Golden Gate Bridge?—In the last four months, crashes have become a nearly weekly phenomenon, with at least 29 drivers blocking the roadway… www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... Brooke Park @sfchronicle.com
Why do cars keep crashing into one part of the Golden Gate Bridge?
A major spike in crashes at the Golden Gate Bridge tollbooths has experts concerned, and some are asking if changes should be made.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A dramatic stretch of desert is being proposed as California’s next national monument—About a half day’s drive from the Bay Area — and less than that from Los Angeles and Las Vegas — the proposed monument… www.sfchronicle.com/california/a... @kurtisalexander.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
A dramatic stretch of desert is being proposed as California’s next national monument
California’s proposed monument, encompassing a river in one of the hottest and driest corners of the country, would be larger than Yosemite.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Why Bay Area parks are among the best in the world—Parks also wouldn’t exist here in such abundance if communities had not come together, in a very organic way, to protect favorite outdoor spaces… www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/22/b... @marthajross.bsky.social @mercurynews.com
Why Bay Area parks are among the best in the world
Alcatraz, Big Basin, Mount Diablo and more: A brief history of how visionaries and regular people made this metropolitan area home to a specular variety of stunning outdoor spaces
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November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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CARB voted 12–0 for some of the strongest landfill rules in the nation 🙌 A big win for climate & community health 🌎💚 New rules mean faster repairs, drone/satellite methane checks, safer fire monitoring & major pollution cuts.
#ClimateAction #CleanAir
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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This is a fairly challenging 9.5 mile hike. 🥾🌲 Start with a sustained ascent, walk along the ridge marveling at the land regeneration from fire, long narrow canyon trail & finish through the redwoods. Hoping to see lots of FUNGUS AMONGUS!
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November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Your chapter Executive Committee makes many important decisions.
Watch this video to understand more!
Support Your Local Volunteer Conservation Leaders.
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Corte Madera approves new housing fees to support fire agency—The town will offer a 50% reduction for low-income or very-low-income housing. www.marinij.com/2025/11/20/c... Callie Rhoades MarinIJ
Corte Madera approves new housing fees to support fire agency
The Central Marin Fire Authority sought the extra funding in anticipation of population growth.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Bay Area to dry out after stormy stretch—The Bay Area’s parade of November storms is finally coming to an end. This weekend will mark the beginning of a dry stretch… www.sfchronicle.com/weather-fore... @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
Bay Area to dry out after stormy stretch
Seasonal temperatures are expected in the Bay Area this weekend, although valley fog may be hard to shake.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Join our Ski Touring team on the 23rd.
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For this short outing, the group will practice the use of avalanche transceivers or beacons by burying a transmitting unit in the sand at the beach, then having participants using their own beacons to locate the buried beacon.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Today the Department of the Interior announced they will hold the six offshore lease sales across off of California. I wrote about Reagan’s Interior Secretary James Watt opening up 80 million acres of offshore waters to oil and gas about a year ago. The last offshore lease in California was 1984.
Six lease sales — to be held between 2027 and 2029 - would be in areas along the southern, central and northern California coasts. Twenty-one of those sales would be near Alaska in locations such as the Beaufort Sea, Cook Inlet, Chukchi Sea and a 2030 sale in the High Arctic, a region north of Alaska that the U.S. has laid claim to.
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM