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Do, Go, Act, Share 30 Sep 2011 | 04:53 am
DO Leave the car at home in favor of riding your bike. You save almost one pound of CO2 for each mile you ride instead of drive. You also save gas, which is good for your wallet as well as the city’s...
ACTION ALERT: LADWP SOLAR 16 Aug 2011 | 07:44 am
THE ISSUE Right now, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) gets almost 40% of its energy from dirty, out-of-state coal, which fouls the air of our neighbors to the east (Nevada, Arizo...
SPOTLIGHT ON: Plastic 5 Aug 2011 | 09:00 am
ISSUE The “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” paints a vivid picture of our plastic problem. But there is another repercussion of plastic generation use we cannot see: greenhouse gas pollution. Did you kno...
ACTION ALERT: Farmers Field 27 Jul 2011 | 04:00 am
THE ISSUE In case you haven’t heard, it looks like LA will finally be getting its own NFL team, and a world-class stadium in downtown Los Angeles, to boot. AEG, the developer in charge of what’s know...
COOL THING: BIKE SHARE 21 Jul 2011 | 06:27 am
THE DEAL We know transportation is responsible for a large chunk of LA’s greenhouse gas emissions. And one way to cut those emissions is to make alternative transportation more accessible. Biking, an...
COOL THING TO DO: Carmageddon 15 Jul 2011 | 05:42 am
THE ISSUE Unless you live under a very tweet-proof rock, you’ve probably heard ad nauseam about the impending doom of “Carmageddon,” the closure of a few miles of the 405 this weekend. It’s not like ...
ACTION ALERT: FEED-IN TARIFF II 19 May 2011 | 01:57 pm
THE ISSUE Los Angeles is one of the sunniest cities in the world. In fact, we get more sunshine than some parts of Arizona. But despite this abundance, the City of Los Angeles lags far behind others ...
ACTION ALERT: INDEX MOTION 3 May 2011 | 03:55 am
WHAT’S GOIN’ ON Great news! The City of Los Angeles is moving closer to improving its Global Green City Carbon Index Score! Only two months after releasing our City Carbon Index, Council Member Janic...
ACTION ALERT: CICLAVIA! 9 Apr 2011 | 03:22 am
This Sunday, CicLAvia will turn select LA streets into safe, fun places for walking, bicycling, jogging and checking out local businesses along the way. Don’t miss out on this great chance to experien...
ACTION ALERT: EAT CARBON-SMART 29 Mar 2011 | 06:00 am
THE ISSUE We’re carbon-based life forms (yes, all of us). So the food we eat is made of the stuff. But it also takes a lot of energy (read: carbon emissions) to grow, package, and move food from far-...
