Posted by Lizzeth Henao in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
The California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) wants to dramatically expand the 18 mile stretch of the I-710 freeway that runs from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to East Los Angeles, through mostly urban, low-income, minority neighborhoods. Due...continued→
Posted by Daniel Hinerfeld in Environmental Justice , Reviving the World's Oceans
How can our country adopt a carbon pollution policy if Republicans won't even come to the negotiating table? All seven GOP senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee are now boycotting hearings on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill, taking denial...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Last week I had the honor of being one of seven smart growth types recruited by the American Institute of Architects to work with the city of Indianapolis and community residents on the model revitalization of a distressed urban neighborhood. ...continued→
Posted by Morgan Wyenn in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
A few miles from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach lies the 233-acre Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF). Much of the cargo that is unloaded from ships at the ports is hauled by diesel trucks to the ICTF, where...continued→
Posted by Lizzeth Henao in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
The City of Maywood is the third smallest city in Los Angeles and one of its densest, with about 28,000 people living in a 1.14 square mile area. Despite the city's small size, it has faced a number of big...continued→
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
This post was co-written with Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club. NRDC and Sierra Club are members of the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports, supporters of the clean truck program. "Cancer alley." That's what many Southern Californians...continued→
Posted by Lizzeth Henao in Environmental Justice
This past Thursday, I had the privilege of representing NRDC at a school assembly for students at Los Angeles High School of the Arts. LAHSA is a small Los Angeles Unified School District pilot school located in the physical grounds...continued→
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
I just received a copy of EPA's Report to Congress on its Diesel Emissions Reduction Program, and it's encouraging news. With nearly $50 million in EPA's FY 2008 budget for this program, EPA made 119 grants nationwide that enabled more...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Last week's post on the architecture of the Make It Right Foundation's new homes in New Orleans brought some thoughtful comments, and it brought even more when I reposted it on another site that I also frequent. ...continued→
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment
Yesterday, NYC Mayor Michael P. Bloomberg and Newark Mayor Cory Booker teamed up with Teamsters President James P. Hoffa to endorse federal legislation that would enable ports around the nation to adopt local green-growth programs to reduce air pollution and...continued→
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