Posted by David Pettit in Environmental Justice
This is just a quick note to ask you take a look at a story in today's LA Times about the organization East Yards Communities for Environmental Justice and its director, Angelo Logan. Angelo and East Yards are leaders in...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
The Los Angeles Rams used to play in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a stadium that was built in 1923, used in the 1932 Olympics and used again in the 1984 Olympics. I used to go see them play when...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Environmental Justice
Last weekend, the USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism held a series of seminars for journalists selected from around the country. Barry Wallerstein, the Executive Officer of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, Jane Williams, the Executive Director...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Solving Global Warming
Here's a quick note on a debate next week on global warming. Santee Education Complex in downtown Los Angeles is hosting a debate on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at noon as part of The People Speak Global Debates, which challenge high...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Green Enterprise
When I was a kid in Los Angeles, back when TV stations broadcast in black and white and Howdy Doody was a hit show, the label "Made in Japan" was a marker for a cheap piece of junk. Now, things...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Environmental Justice
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Thomas McKnew ruled today against NRDC and NRDC’s client, the Bus Riders Union of Los Angeles (BRU), in a lawsuit brought against the L.A. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) challenging on environmental grounds the MTA’s July,...continued→
Posted by David Pettit
On June 13, 2008, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) wrote to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and stated that the FMC would “allow the early effectiveness” of the Ports’ agreement that authorized the Ports to cooperate in...continued→
Posted by David Pettit
On Friday, May 16, 2008, Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster gave a talk that blew the roof off the business-oriented FuturePorts conference in Long Beach. The beautiful setting, right by the water (thank you, Nancy), was a strong contrast to...continued→
