Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
LA Streetsblog today posted an article about Los Angeles’ Mayor Villaraigosa promoting more biking and walking. This is very smart thinking for the Mayor of the city that ranks highest on the list for ozone pollution, traffic congestion, and fuel...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy
The American Lung Association released its most recent installment of State of the Air today. If trophies were awarded for securing top spots for filthy air, California would have a truck load of trophies coming our way. California secured 8...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
My colleague, Damon Nagami, recently posted on the positive attributes of the 30/10 initiative that is being pursued by Mayor Villaraigosa in Los Angeles. This initiative seeks to jump start transit projects approved by Los Angeles voters through their approval...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Today, Ray LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation, posted an interesting blog entry related to providing more options for people to transport themselves. I particularly like the following statement he makes in the blog post-- That's why I told Green Inc,...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
It had been a while since I traveled down to the waterfront area of Wilmington, California. Most of my recent meetings have been in East Los Angeles or further North in Wilmington. However, last week, I had the good fortune...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
In the era of global warming, plain vanilla air pollution -- like smog -- sometimes gets pushed to the side. Some people may consider it the less popular sister of the homecoming queen (CO2). However, this does not diminish the...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
Professor Martha Matsuoka from Occidental College published a very interesting article in Race, Poverty, & the Environment (a project of: Urban Habitat) about the clean and safe ports campaign and the building of regional power "to redefin[e] regional development, [develop] regional...
