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Meeting a Gentleman Shrimper on the Bayou

May 3, 2010

Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil

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BP, deepwaterhorizon, fisherman, gulfspill, obama, shrimp, venice

I landed today in New Orleans not knowing exactly what I was walking into. I’ve been reading and studying up on the spill, the anticipated trajectory, the looming devastation it will have on the coastal economy and also the people...

You Can Choose Where You Live, but Can You Choose to Breathe Clean Air?

April 14, 2009

Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment

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airpollution, asthma, cityoflongbeach, dieselparticulate, middleharbor, portoflongbeach, portoflosangeles

Is it really a choice to breathe clean air? A recent study announces that in addition to exercise and diet, clean air gains since the 1980s can add about two and a half years to the average American's life expectancy....

When the LA Air Tastes Like Burning

April 7, 2009

Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment

Tags:
bus, dieselparticulate, dieselpollution, eastla, marathons, publictransit, rail, transitpeople, transitrace

You know the winded feeling you get after exerting yourself a bit too much for too long? For me, that feeling usually happens with running, mainly since it isn't my favorite form of exercise and I don't find myself sprinting...

Jessica Lass
Jessica Lass
Senior Press Secretary
Santa Monica
When I announced in April 2008 that I'd be moving from Washington, DC, to sunny...
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