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Category: Green News

In May Revise, Gov. Brown Raids Fund to Tackle Climate Change

Gov. Jerry Brown proposed Tuesday to divert money from the state's cap-and-trade program, money intended for local communities, to the general fund.
categories Green NewsPolitics

That’s Rubbish: A Tale of Alhambra’s Trash

Where does our waste go once we dump it in the trash bin?
category Green News

Boyle Heights Activists Weigh Consequences of Exide Closure

While conserned about job losses, they say health issues are bigger issue.
categories Green NewsNeighborhoodsPublic Safety

Vernon-based Recycling Company Guilty of Dangerous Emissions

A company that recycles batteries has been blanketing up to 110,000 residents in southeast Los Angeles County with dangerous arsenic emissions, smog agency officials said on March 23.
categories BusinessCity AffairsGreen NewsHealthNeighborhoods

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Meets at Eastside Elementary School

A government body beginning discussions on the implementation of voter-approved Proposition 39 — a new income tax on multi-state businesses that will create revenue for clean energy projects — met at Murchison Elementary School in Boyle Heights on Feb. 21.
categories City AffairsGreen NewsNeighborhoods

Climate Movement Overlooks People Who Live Near Tar Sands Refineries

Tens of thousands of people marched Sunday in what could be the biggest climate change action protest in U.S. history.
categories BusinessGreen NewsNeighborhoods

Enviros Urged to Reckon with California Voter Demographics

Latinos see themselves as "conservationists" but not "environmentalists," a hurdle the environmental movement must overcome.
categories Green NewsPoliticsRace/Ethnic Relations

Montebello Collects Ideas for Bike Lane Study

Montebello’s Planning and Community Development Department hosted a meeting that kicked-off the preparation phase for a Bicycle Lane Feasibility Study, which would help the city determine whether it is capable of creating more bike lanes throughout the city.
categories City AffairsGreen NewsNeighborhoods

York Boulevard, Home to L.A.’s First Parklet

The York Boulevard parklet, which opened last Saturday, is the first of four parklets or mini parks, being built as part of a pilot project in Los Angeles Council District 14 (CD-14).
categories City AffairsGreen NewsNeighborhoods

CA. Climate Policies to Gain Momentum in Second Obama Term

A second Obama White House guarantees California a federal supporter in its crusade to slow global warming.
categories Green NewsPolitics
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