Air Quality
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Governing Board of the AQMD Adopts Amendment Imposing Stricter Emissions Controls on Lead-Acid Battery Recyclers
"Se me murió mi señora, se me murió mi cuñado... yo no quiero que muera más gente. Esto es lo que pido de ustedes."
January 10, 2014
Are Oil Fields Poisoning the Air Around USC? Residents Hope for Answers at Hearing Tonight
Standing at the gas pump, I was overcome with a sudden wave of dizziness and a blinding headache.
December 11, 2013
The SCAQMD Hearing Board Will Receive Public Testimony on the Exide Battery Recycling Plant on December 14th. That Means You.
While I sympathize with any of the good people of Irwindale that may have experienced heartburn, nosebleeds, or inflamed asthma because of a stinky Sriracha factory, I do have to wonder a bit about our priorities.
December 6, 2013
Filed Under: Sort of Good News for Boyle Heights
Haven't had a chance to get that pesky blood test done yet to see if you've got lead coursing through your veins courtesy of the Exide battery recycling plant in time to meet the Oct. 31st deadline?
October 24, 2013
Slow to Clean Up its Own Mess, Exide Demands Boyle Heights Residents Hurry Up and Submit Personal Injury Claims by Oct. 31st
In mid-September, they won court approval to pay out $16 million in bonuses to ensure that they would be able to carry out their restructuring plan. The settlement agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency also required that they continue to comply with any cleanup work consent decrees, cleanup work orders, and contamination discovery and cleanup during their restructuring process.
October 17, 2013
The Los Angeles Times Wonders What Can Be Done About Freeway Pollution
The Los Angeles Times published a remarkable editorial today questioning why so little is done about the public health crisis caused by Southern California's reliance on freeway travel. However, either because of confusion or lack of will, the editorial stops short of proposing any real solutions to the crisis. It merely note it exists.
September 3, 2013
Rock Me Like A Hurricane. Or a Tornado. Or an Impending Ice Age: the carbon cost of the LACMA rock.
Like a lot of kids (or maybe not), I had a fascination with rocks when I was younger. That said, I was rather nonplussed by the idea of LACMA spending $10 million to put a granite boulder on its lawn. Thinking perhaps I was too cynical, I headed to Figueroa St., where the rock was parked just north of Florence, to see what everyone else thought about it.
March 13, 2012
Go Frack Yourself: neighbors in Baldwin Hills turn out to talk fracking with Plains Exploration & Production and DOGGR
Last night, representatives from the Department of Conservation's Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), Plains Exploration & Production (PXP), the oil company in charge of the Baldwin Hill Oil Field, and other officials went head to head with members of the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance and a highly a skeptical community in a standing-room-only meeting at the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area Community Center.
March 9, 2012
Q&A with Producer from ‘Up in the Air’ Report on Boyle Heights Air Quality (Part 2)
(This is the second of a two-part interview. To read the first part, click here)
March 9, 2012
Q&A with Producer from ‘Up in the Air’ Report on Boyle Heights Air Quality (Part 1)
(Part II coming tomorrow...)
March 8, 2012