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Budget and Spending

Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company to Fight Climate Change

Patagonia made him a billionaire. Now he’s giving it away to save the climate Source of this article: the Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2022 Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is giving his company away — to planet Earth, he announced Wednesday. “I never wanted to be a businessman,” Chouinard wrote Read more…

By Steve, 4 monthsSeptember 14, 2022 ago
Environment

L.A. water board approves controversial agreement with Boeing over toxic Rocketdyne site

The agreement requires Boeing to monitor stormwater runoff for 195 pollutants after the company completes a cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Lab. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2022 Despite the heated objections of neighbors and environmentalists, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board Read more…

By Steve, 5 monthsAugust 13, 2022 ago
California

Federal government suspends new drilling and fracking leases on public lands in Central California

California has reached a settlement with the federal government to halt new oil and gas leases on public lands in Central California. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2022 California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced Monday that the state has reached a settlement with the federal Read more…

By Steve, 6 monthsAugust 6, 2022 ago
Environment

History of DDT ocean dumping off L.A. coast even worse than expected, EPA finds

Barrels of DDT waste — along with other chemicals — were likely poured directly into the ocean near Catalina Island, according to federal regulators. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, August 4, 2022 After an exhaustive historical investigation into the barrels of DDT waste reportedly dumped decades ago Read more…

By Steve, 6 monthsAugust 4, 2022 ago
Budget and Spending

Newsom signs nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics and packaging waste

Legislation heads off what would have been costly and contentious ballot measure. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2022 SACRAMENTO — Striking a blow against a pernicious form of pollution, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday the nation’s most far-reaching restrictions on single-use plastics and packaging. The Read more…

By Steve, 7 months ago
Drilling, Mining, Logging

Fracking Moratorium off California Coast Ordered by Ninth Circuit

Thorough Environmental Review Required Before Fracking or Acidizing of Offshore Oil Wells Source of this article: The Santa Barbara Independent, June 3, 2022 In a long series of court proceedings, permits allowing the fracking and acidizing of oil wells in federal waters off the coast of California were prohibited by Read more…

By Steve, 8 monthsJune 3, 2022 ago
California

Facing new law, plastics lobby turns to mailers with false claims

Industry sends fliers falsely claiming the consumers will bear cost of tighter rules Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2022 Cheryl Auger was stunned this month when one of her Pasadena neighbors and friends received a flier in the mail featuring her state assemblyman, with a Read more…

By Steve, 8 monthsMay 23, 2022 ago
Endangered Species

Scientists find new and mysterious DDT chemicals accumulating in California condors

Environmental health scientists and toxicologists have identified more than 40 DDT-related compounds accumulating in California condors. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 22, 2022 When Christopher Tubbs joined an ambitious multinational effort to save California condors from the brink of extinction, he knew the odds of success Read more…

By Steve, 8 monthsMay 22, 2022 ago
Environment

Santa Susana Field Lab Petition for National Monument

A movement asking President Barack Obama to designate a portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory as a national monument has the attention of NASA, which has deferred the impending demolition of a historic rocket test stand at the site in the hills above Simi Valley and the San Fernando Read more…

By Steve, 8 yearsJuly 16, 2015 ago
California State Parks

Refugio State Beach set to reopen, two months after oil spill

Officials toured the beach Thursday and cleared it to reopen July 17 Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, July 11, 2015 Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County will reopen to the public next week, two months after a pipeline ruptured and fouled the coast with thousands of gallons of thick Read more…

By Steve, 8 yearsJuly 11, 2015 ago

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