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The Environmental Impact of a $5 Bus Ride, in LA.
August 26, 2008
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
In the LA Times Bottleneck blog Dave Pettit critiques LA’s MTA (and the Judge that ruled against the Bus Riders Union suit) for making it harder, not easier, for riders to use public transportation by raising fares yet again… Julia Bovey emphasizes the importance of raising awareness about renewable power in the hearts and minds of people in Dow Jones Newsletters… In San Jose Mercury News, Ann Notthoff talks about the importance of increasing the availability of both affordable housing and transportation alternatives…McClatchy Newspapers report that Bayer CropScience is facing legal challenges on both sides of the Atlantic regarding the involvement of one of their pesticides in colony collapse disorder; simultaneously to NRDC pressing EPA for information on the pesticide in the US, German prosecutors are investigating the company knowing pollution of the environment in Europe… A book review of Barbara Kingsolver’s newest memoir on eating local directs St Petersburgh Times readers and bookclub members to NRDC’s Eat Local feature for finding their own local inspiration.
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