March/April 2001
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| San Mateo County Has Say on Runways
By Richard Zimmerman Although residents of San Mateo County have voiced frustration with their inability to have a say in San Francisco International Airport’s planned runway expansion, California State law does provide that prior to acquisition of land by San Francisco for purpose of expanding or enlarging the airport, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors must “upon notice, conduct a public hearing on such plan, and shall thereafter approve or disapprove the plan.” |
| Save Coyote Valley from Development
By Ernie Goitein People for Livable and Affordable Neighborhoods, a coalition of the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club, Community Homeless Alliance Ministry, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, Committee for Green Foothills and several other groups and individuals, is challenging San Jose’s decision to develop 1,440 acres in Coyote Valley. |
| Reviewing & Rethinking the Electricity Crisis
By Rich Ferguson Now that the electricity deregulation scheme has gone awry, some uninformed people blame the Sierra Club and environmental concerns for California’s woes. Nonsense. |
| Energy Saving Ideas
By Eric Reiter All energy gets converted to heat eventually. Saving energy begins with better home insulation to reduce your energy bill that goes toward space heating. |
| Owls: Those Birds Have to Go!
By Dale F. Mead Mission College, which boasts an environmental studies program, recently has been giving its students a real-world crash course in how to clear and plow wildlife habitat for campus construction. |
| Earth Day Events Calendar
April 21 is Earth Day. Many events are scheduled in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. |
| Disasters from Watt to Exxon
Energize ‘80s Environmentalism
By Dale F. Mead Retrospective of the environmental movement during the 1980s. After the immense strides of the 1970’s, the conservation community spent the next ten years hunkered down against a conservative backlash that propelled Ronald Reagan and then George Bush into the White House. |
| New Group Starts Dialogue to
Create Sustainable Communities
By Debbie Mytels To examine the contradictions behind concepts such as “smart growth” and “sustainable development,” a new project, the Sustainable Communities Forum, has emerged in the South Bay this past year. |
| March Appeal to Sierra Club Members
The Chapter is restricted from directly soliciting our entire membership throughout most of the year, except during the month of March. During this “March Window,” Chapter Chair Bill Michel asks for your support.. |
| Help Start an Environmental Education Group
What’s the most critical environmental issue we face? It’s none of those on our conservation committee list, yet hopefully it serves all of them. It’s environmental education. |
| Eating Green: A Win-Win Situation
By Kay Bushnell This month's recipe is “Savory Black-Eyes,” a versatile casserole that can be served at a summer barbecue (with veggie burgers and veggie dogs) or as a hearty main dish over steamed rice on cool days. |
| Meandering
By John Maybury The energy crunch, pond power, fib fiber, filbert flivvers, and other items of interest. |