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Los Angeles Halts Using Electricity From Coal Plants
2013-03-20 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Los Angeles will become the biggest U.S. city to abandon coal-fueled electricity after the taxpayer- owned utility said it will support renewable sources, boost energy efficiency and build a new natural-gas fired plant. The citys Department of Water and Power, the nations largest municipal-owned utility, will phase out the electricity it imports from the Navajo Generating Station in Arizona and Intermountain Power in Utah, according to a statement yesterday. The two coal plants provide 39 percent...
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Los Angeles: Gas tanks sitting on fault zone deemed unsafe
2013-03-17 01:38:40| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Federal regulators have just sided with San Pedro-area activists who claim that a tank farm storing up to 26 million gallons of liquid petroleum gas sits in an earthquake danger zone and is otherwise unsafe.
Rebuilding begins on Los Gatos school that was slated to close
2013-03-14 14:48:00| American School & University
Lexington Elementary School will be rebuilt to more stringent seismic standardsSchoolhouse Beat read more
Ocean stink prompts 911 calls in Los Angeles
2013-03-04 17:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: Methane gas from the sea floor caused a foul odor on Sunday that prompted nearly 100 emergency calls from residents reporting the stench from Santa Monica to West Los Angeles, officials said. The odor, which smelled like sulfur, was first reported late Saturday, air quality officials said. The smell wafted in from the Santa Monica Bay. Justin Walker, a Santa Monica Fire Department spokesman, said hazardous-materials crews found small increments of methane gas in the air at 8:30 a.m. The...
Los Angeles district to create team to investigate sexual abuse allegeations
2013-03-01 17:32:00| American School & University
School system's move comes after high-profile arrests of teachers accused of molesting students.Schoolhouse Beat read more
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