led by environmentalist david brower, the sierra club worked quickly to rally a massive outcry of public disapproval. but while brower's attention was focused elsewhere, a lile known nation tr, but while brower's attention withery litt oppositn. he wld've ught tooth a nail. brer now ss thatas the biggest stake hever made [ben] in973, the endangedt was set into motion by president nixon. a bold movto protect endanged species fromxtinctn, a conseence of econic dev. could now hel accotable byaw. in 1976, the bureau of reclamation set up a claims office in eastern idaho, to divvy out $300 million to the communities in the flood path of their newly completed teton dam. as its reservoir filled for the very first time, the 300-foot earthen dam started to liquefy and cave away, taking 11 lives downstream. duri an inteiew withhe hi countryews in 15, clinton appointed bureau of reclamation commissioner dan beard stated that, "the bureau's future isn't in dams. the era of dams is over." in 1997, the 162-year-old edwards dam, on maine's kennebec river, became the first major dam removal in u.s. hist

setting aside from personal comments on my sierra club had the sierra club has been submitted to thed in letter in pending legislation in that letter contains suggestions to increase our urbanforest in an equitable manner thank you for holding these heroes hearings . can we have the next caller please. >> this isstephanie pete , i was on the street and we have lots of trees and unfortunately they have not been taken care of but they need pruning but they are oldtrees . we hope you do not replace them with tiny trees so we don't have to wait so long waterso much to get them growing . i was thinking since water is such a huge problem i think we're replacing the trees, they take a lot of water and hopefully replacing them with doesn't like trees and that's the direction you seem to be going. thank supervisor mar for your comments. i agree with them and i appreciate the comments of all the other speakers.iq . >> clerk: can we have to next caller? >> caller: this is michaelnolte on executive directors line . i've been deeply involved in a number of years now dealing with i guess just comm

>> i don't know, jason, i'm not counting on the sierra club to speak up for more mining in america butappens -- but you hundred dollars it's not going to happen but let's set the easy issue aside for just a moment because the rare earth elements aren't only critical to electric vehicles and transportation or defense, right? are high tech defense systems have -- f-35's are heavily dependent on rare earth elements and just last year remember the chinese government threatened to cut off the flow of rare earths to american defense contractors, but it's also key for the wind industry, which continues to bill itself is clean power, clean energy, et cetera. again, according to the iea, some of these big new -- the biggest of the new offshore wind turbines could require as much as we times rare earth elements each. so the entire idea about a transition to something else hinges on this -- these claims that there will be plenty of these critical minerals available and it's just not true and china has a stranglehold on nearly all of these critical minerals which are known as malan tonight, dispos

i'm not counting on the sierra club to speak out for more mining in america.at happens i bet $100 it is not going to happen but setting the easy suicide the rare-earth elements are normally critical to electric vehicles and transportation or defense, high-tech defense systems have -- are heavily dependent on rare-earth elements and just last year the chinese government threatened to cut off the flow of rare earths to american defense contractors but is also key for the wind industry which bills itself as clean power, clean energy etc. where according to the i ea some of the biggest of the new offshore wind turbines require three times the rare-earth elements each so the entire idea of a transition to something else inches on these claims that there are going to be plenty of these chemical minerals available and it is just not true, china has a stranglehold on nearly all of these critical minerals. jason: it is illuminating and i hope america wakes up and asks hard questions of the secretary of energy and the rest of the biden harris administration to lay out h

john murrah who founded the sierra club got up to that level.burroughs truly you know i couldn't really did have to look or close into that whole movement of why that particular burroughs was such a superstar but nevertheless then he'd ties in 1920 so think about it, 1920 is the beginning of the "roaring 20's" and the beginning of the new deal world war ii a period of an incredible change in the united states and i think those who read about nature would certainly remember burroughs but back at that time there wasn't the kind of audience for nature writers and the writers who succeeded later on were people like rachel carson for example who are very focused on one threat, the silent spring so she became quite famous in that respect because she had a cause in some of these other writers writers -- burroughs had no cause but he was not a founder of an organization. he was just frankly not a recluse but he built his cabin in upstate new york and lived out his life there and faded away. >> are there any other questions? >> let me add just one thing.

setting aside from personal comments on my sierra club had the sierra club has been submitted to thed in letter in pending legislation in that letter contains suggestions to increase our urbanforest in an equitable manner thank you for holding these heroes hearings . can we have the next caller please. >> this isstephanie pete , i was on the street and we have lots of trees and unfortunately they have not been taken care of but they need pruning but they are oldtrees . we hope you do not replace them with tiny trees so we don't have to wait so long waterso much to get them growing . i was thinking since water is such a huge problem i think we're replacing the trees, they take a lot of water and hopefully replacing them with doesn't like trees and that's the direction you seem to be going. thank supervisor mar for your comments. i agree with them and i appreciate the comments of all the other speakers.iq . >> clerk: can we have to next caller? >> caller: this is michaelnolte on executive directors line . i've been deeply involved in a number of years now dealing with i guess just comm

this is hunter cutting, and today, i'm speaking on behalf of the sierra club. we appreciate this opportunity to see thesup dated drawings. it would be helpful if we could get electronic copies of architectural drawings of the redesign we all came together around. at first blush, it looks like we're going to need to work on this some more before it can go forward. i [indiscernible] a couple of things where this appears not to be the marina that we were all in alignment and approved the resolution. there's a brand-new alignment, there's a seawall of the west side of this marina design, that the brand-new element was part of the picture before, so that's a concern. >> may i respond, just to the item? >> you know, let me -- [indiscernible]. >> no worries, no worries. all good. that seawall appears to extend well beyond the envelope that the board set out for the marina, so that's two things i think we're going to have to work on. also, i think the marina drawing, it runs right along the old grass habitat. that was not how the channel was studied in the e.i.r. i kno

catherine howard with sierra club. thank you very much for removing the clause eliminating the public right to file administrative objection to tree removal. also, thank you for taking out language in 809 on trees on private property as we requested. just to explain the reason we requested this deletion is that the legislation is titled public works code street tree planting and removal. adding a simple phrase tree on private property extending to autrys. this could results in unwelcome of invasion of public property. there was nothing in the legislative deep guest about extending d.p.w. jurisdiction to trees completely on private property and not threatening sidewalks or the right-of-way. therefore we appreciate very much the removal of this language from the legislation. i want to say to the supervisors thank you so much for your efforts on behalf of our urban forest. >> next speaker, please. >> thank you. josh clip. the city is planting less than half of the trees needed for urban forest. this means communities that

catherine howard with sierra club. thank you very much for removing the clause eliminating the public right to file administrative objection to tree removal. also, thank you for taking out language in 809 on trees on private property as we requested. just to explain the reason we requested this deletion is that the legislation is titled public works code street tree planting and removal. adding a simple phrase tree on private property extending to autrys. this could results in unwelcome of invasion of public property. there was nothing in the legislative deep guest about extending d.p.w. jurisdiction to trees completely on private property and not threatening sidewalks or the right-of-way. therefore we appreciate very much the removal of this language from the legislation. i want to say to the supervisors thank you so much for your efforts on behalf of our urban forest. >> next speaker, please. >> thank you. josh clip. the city is planting less than half of the trees needed for urban forest. this means communities that

south pole. 11 have now joined the elite seven continents club by completing a marathon on all seven continents. >>> back in california, the sierra might be a pretty picture right now, but take note, as more snow moves in, if you have to make the drive, expect chain controls and delays, and give yourself plenty of time. >>> already a wintry weather advisory going into effect for the sierra at 10:00 this evening. it continues through 4:00 a.m. on thursday. the snow levels will be pretty high up. above 7000 feet, 5 to 12 inches. wind gusts 35 miles per hour. difficult travel conditions. that transitions to treasurers travel conditions, and a winter storm warning takes the place of the advisory beginning at 4:00 a.m. on thursday through sunday afternoon, and it might be extended on that. 2 to 4 feet of snow. above 7000 feet, 4 to 8 feet of snow. when gusts up to 100 miles per hour on the ridgelines read 40 miles per hour even at the lower elevations. travel along i-80 and u.s.-50 will be heavily discouraged. any travel for christmas weekend will be nearly impossible. round one of rain is moving into the bay area. here is this storm

the news continues here and now to sierra, after a thrice frank assessments this crisis is continued to weaken luca sion club, even though perhaps he believes in the beginning, there have been informed opinions. i think politicians will now be under incredible pressure from their young people. that is one of the most of the things that come out of this critical debate. do you think that they should be facilitated? not sure. okay. it's a great. it's a really simple question. let's give samuel a top swans that inside story on al jazeera. ah, now, since the industrial revolution, humans so says of polluting gases have been growing cause machines, food production, construction, these and mold all contribute to the high concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere. including hobbin and other greenhouse gases, which are the biggest drivers of climate change with the are choices people can make to help drive emissions down. i'm going to read in denmark to me or community and birth thing in their own green society. and i'm going to took her within india, where a new method of cremation is helping him, good traditi

a south bay club spot hasn't ever -- the struggle against the snow. we have updates on road conditions in the sierrand the challenges people face as they try to get back to the bay area from their holiday break. all of that ahead for you. here's a look at was coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live. >> thank you business. >> three, to, one. [applause] is that all you got, this holiday season, we want to enjoy the gift of being together. for peace of mind, take the first step in knowing. because it might just be a cold, but you want to be confident. the binaxnow covid-19 antigen self test has the same technology used by doctors and detects multiple variants. so in just 15 minutes, you can test, know, and go. available in stores and online. ♪ ♪ dan: in the north bay, a family in marin county is planning to host a new year's eve party and will chill out about $1500 to make sure everyone is safe. that mine will go to pcr tests for every guest. abc 7 news reporter tim johns talked with the family. >> we decided is worth the risk of doing it. reporter: with new year's a few days away, andrew angus and his

a south bay club spot hasn't ever -- the struggle against the snow. we have updates on road conditions in the sierrand the challenges people face as they try to get back to the bay area from their holiday break. all of that ahead for you. here's a look at was coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live. >> thank you business. >> three, to, one. [applause] is that all you got, don't touch anything. ♪ add downy to your wash for all the freshness, and softness of home. even when you're not at home. feel the difference with downy. new vicks vapostick. strong soothing vapors... help comfort your loved ones. for chest, neck, and back. it goes on clear. no mess just soothing comfort. try new vicks vapostick. if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture, now might not be the best time to ask yourself... 'are my bones strong?' life is full of make or break moments. that's why it's so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bones from fracture with 1 shot every 6 months. do not take prolia® if you have low blood calc