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A Bike Ride To Ease The Nerves
Comments (0) | bikes, Cars, ciclavia, culture, Eco-Friendly, Environment, l.a.bikes, LA, Opinion, pollution, street festivals, traffic
Hannah Luk, Neon Tommy
L.A's gas-guzzling culture may change for CicLAvia - but only for a day.
Read more...CicLAvia Marks Shift In Sustainable L.A. Transportation
Comments (0) | biking, biking LA, biking routes, ciclavia, Downtown LA, Environment, Health, healthy, l.a. pollution, L.A. traffic, municipal government, Opinion, pollution, Smog, sustainable transportation, Transportation
Downtowngal, Wikimedia Commons
Access to sustainable transportation will make Los Angeles a better place to live.
Read more...EPA Proposes Cleaner Gasoline
Comments (0) | air quality, American Petroleum Institute, California, climate change, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, epa, gas prices, gasoline, National, Obama, obama administration, pollution
Officials say the new gas will reduce harmful emissions, but opponents say it has a price.
Read more...Rail Yard Gets Green Light By L.A. Harbor Commission
Comments (0) | 710 freeway, air pollution, BNSF, construction, east yard communities for environmental justice, Environment, environmental justice, green technology, helmets to hardhats, jobs, L.A. Harbor Commission, local union 11, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Region, los angeles economy, los angeles jobs, pollution, Port of Los Angeles, veterans
Los Angeles electrician union members (Photo: Paige Brettingen)
Though the project promises jobs, residents raise concerns over how it will impact their health.
Read more...Pollution In China May Increase With New Year Celebrations
Comments (0) | air quality, automobiles, Beijing, China, Chinese New Year, factories, fireworks, International, pollution, respiratory problems, shanghai
The CCTV Headquarters in Beijing on a good day and on a bad. (Alejandro Perez/Creative Commons)
In Chinese culture, the fireworks ward off evil spirits--but the act could harm air quality.
Read more...Beijing Air Pollution Increases
Comments (0) | air pollution, bad air, Beijing, Environmental Protection Agency, epa, International, pollution, Toxic, toxins
The U.S. Embassy in Beijing recorded the highest levels of air pollution since it began monitoring it in 2008.
Read more...Mitt Romney Is All In For Monsanto
Comments (2) | 2012 election, 2012 Presidential Election, agent orange, agriculture, Bain, bain & company, Bain Capital, Election 2012, farm bill 2012, Hilary Clinton, Lidia Watrud, manufacturing, mitt romney, Monsanto, Opinion, PCBs, pollution, Roger Beachy, Romney, toxic waste
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Mitt Romney's close association with Monsanto indicates he can't be trusted to protect our natural resources.
Read more...EPA Proposes Tougher Standards On Soot Pollution
Comments (0) | american lung association, American Petroleum Institute, Barack Obama, Environmental Protection Agency, epa, National, pollution
The new EPA standards would reduce the allowable soot level in the nation's air. (Creative Commons)
Supporters say the new rule would reduce asthma rates around the country.
Read more...Bagging The Ban Or Banning The Bag?
Comments (0) | american progressive bag alliance, APBA, bag ban, California, California, contamination, Controversy, Environment, environmentalist, Heal the Bay, Jimmy Kimmel, Los Angeles, plastic bag, pollution
Recycling programs would have to be completely redesigned to be effective. (Flickr/Sam Felder)
An in-depth look at the rising issues in this controversy.
Read more...Dispelling The Clean Coal Fairy Tale
Comments (6) | carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, clean coal, clean coal plants, clean coal warming, coal beds, department of energy, doe, fracking, fracting, future gen, future gen 2.0, global warming, petroleum, pollution, Science, sierra club, United States, US
FEATURE: Can CO2 be stored in the Earth’s crust safely?
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