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Low Impact Development Will Help California and the Arid West Retain Rainfall

August 11, 2009

Posted by David Beckman in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

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drought, energy, globalwarming, greencities, lowimpactdevelopment, runoff, stormwater, waterconservation, waterpollution, waterrationing

The good news is that in June, water use in Los Angeles fell to a 32 year low for the time of year, a remarkable savings considering the steady population growth the region has seen over that period.  The bad...continued

Water Quality Regulation in California: A Day Late and a Dollar Short?

January 29, 2009

Posted by David Beckman in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
cleanwater, cleanwateract, permits, pollution, runoff, waterpollution, waterprogram, waterresources

Imagine your boss gave you a deadline, a really important one.  The kind of deadline that affects the bottom line of whatever it is you do profoundly.  And let's even imagine your boss tells you the deadline is imposed by...continued

Fix The Sewer, Grow The Economy

December 9, 2008

Posted by David Beckman in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
cleanwater, drinkingwater, economy, oceanpollution, runoff, sewage, waterpollution, waterprogram

As Congress and state legislatures across the nation debate economic stimulus, investments in green infrastructure -- wind and solar power and expansion of mass transit, for example -- are getting well-deserved attention.  The environment is, after all, the foundation of...continued

David Beckman
David Beckman
Senior Attorney & Co-Director, Water Program
Los Angeles
In 1984, I left the cold Philly suburbs for college at U.C. Berkeley, and I...
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