Southern Californians had better get used to smelling the Salton Sea, because this week's stench will almost certainly return -- unless we restore the Sea.
The state of California has a plan to burn forest waste for energy, but recent studies suggest that may make the climate situation worse rather than better.
A recent grant aims to develop a comprehensive report card that can be used to measure progress and success of the different Urban Waters Federal Partnership agencies at the Los Angeles River watershed.
As far as environmental topics go, plastic bags are among the top targets. But paper has baggage, too, and Los Angeles is poised to take on both with the strictest bag ban ordinance in the country.
"What CEQA is really good for and good at doing is giving communities and the public a voice in public process... it's been called a 'Bill of Rights for environmental democracy.'"