Posted on July 22, 2008 by spoutingoff
The Los Angeles City Council, spearheaded by Councilmembers Ed Reyes and Greig Smith, today unanimously approved a staff recommendation to adopt a citywide plastic bag ban by 2010 — if the state doesn’t enact a 25-cent per-bag fee by then. It also voted to support a Styrofoam ban on city property, including LAX, and at city-sponsored events. [...]
Filed under: Environmental Leaders, L.A. River, Marine Debris, Plastic, Public Health, Water Quality | Tagged: AB 2058, EPS, L.A. Bureau of Sanitation, L.A. City Council, Plastic Bags | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 3, 2008 by spoutingoff
I recently had the chance to meet with Col. Thomas Magness, the head of the Los Angeles unit of the Army Corps of Engineers, which made the recent horrible decision to declare only a small portion of the Los Angeles River a so-called Traditionally Navigable Water. It’s a complicated story, but the Corps has jurisdiction [...]
Filed under: L.A. River | Tagged: Army Corps of Engineers, Clean Water Act, L.A. River, Traditionally Navigable Waters | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 1, 2008 by spoutingoff
Large cleanups along the Los Angeles River aren’t that unusual. Traditional environmental groups like Friends of the L.A. River and Heal the Bay have been leading sweeps for more than a decade. But a community drive to rehabilitate a soft-bottomed stretch of the river just north of downtown Los Angeles in late June was unusual, [...]
Filed under: Environmental Leaders, L.A. River | Tagged: L.A. River, Proposition O | 1 Comment »
