Governor Fast Tracking Highway Construction: So it looks like the Governor is looking to fast track some major state highway projects through the environmental review process in an attempt to boost the economy – LINK. “Schwarzenegger is proposing that the California Department of Transportation forge ahead with some construction projects that are tied up in [...]
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News in Brief: Highways and Toxic Discharges
Posted in Climate Change, Water, tagged Governor Fast Tracking Highway Construction, Heal the Bay, Toxicity Study, Water Quality on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UCLA Extensions Public Policy Programs
Posted in Climate Change, Events, Federal Regulations, Green Buildings, Water, tagged CEQA and Climate Change, Public Policy Programs, UCLA Extensions, Winter 2009 on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
UCLA Extensions is hosting some great Public Policy seminars over the next few months. I’m defenitly going to try and make a one of two of them (note, they aren’t free, but they do have some scholarships for recent graduates). Click here for more information or to register. Here are the seminars:
Successful CEQA Compliance: A [...]
‘Water Features’ Need To Be Jettisoned Now
Posted in Green Buildings, Waste Management, Water on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[Originally published by the Los Angeles Daily News. http://www.dailynews.com/editorial/ci_9812232]
By Ruth Galanter
Who can explain why Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the Department of Water and Power keep telling us to use less water and electricity, but the city continues to permit “water features” in new development?
Check out trendy shopping centers, new hotels and office developments, and even [...]
The Bottled Water Story
Posted in Waste Management, Water, tagged Bottled Water, Drinking Water, KCRW, Plastic Bottles, Tap Water on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last Saturday, June 21, 2008, the KCRW show Good Food interviewed Elizabeth Royte, author of Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It. Ms. Royte discussed drinking water’s commercialization, tap water and the environmental impact of plastic water bottles.
With 50 million plastic water bottles consumed annually and with sales of bottled [...]
LA’s Carbon Footprint is Sorta, Kinda, Comparatively Light, Maybe
Posted in Climate Change, Water, tagged Bad Study, Brookings Institute, Cement Industry, Climate Change, CO2, Connection, Energy Use, Fireworks, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Incorrect, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Report, Santa Monica, Water, Water-energy on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The LA Times CA section had an article this morning which highlighted findings from a recent Brookings Institute report. The report found that Los Angeles had the second lowest carbon footprint amongst major US Metropolitan area’s, after Honolulu. Third was Portland, and fourth was NYC. These findings are surprising, mostly because they are most likely wrong. So maybe what surprises me most, is that a oversimplified study with absurd assumptions could even get coverage at all…
Finally, Some Good News For Our Beaches
Posted in Water, tagged Beach Pollution, Beach Report Card, Beaches, Heal the Bay, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Pollution, Proposition O, Rain, Runoff, Stormwater, Stormwater Funding, Water Quality on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Heal the Bay’s annual beach report card was just released, and surprisingly, it had some good news! The beaches are cleaner! On the down side, part of what has made our beaches cleaner according to the report, is our drought. “Drier-than-average weather helped keep most ocean waters cleaner; in rainy conditions, however, more than half of [...]
Toilet-to-Tap Back in the News!
Posted in Green Buildings, Water, tagged Efficiency, Los Angeles, Reclamation, Toilet-to-tap, Water Conservation, Water efficiency on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So you know the news must be big if Drudge links to it! Check out this article in the LA times on LA City’s plan to provide for the expected 15% increase in water consumption between now and 2030: LINK.
I’m not sure what reports the city staff looked out to create its proposal, but I [...]
