Topic: Los Angeles

"Ken" doll protesters arrested at Mattel headquarters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Greenpeace activists dressed as Ken dolls rappelled down the side of Mattel's headquarters on Tuesday to unfurl a banner saying Barbie packaging contributes to rainforest destruction.The massive pink-and-blue sign on the Mattel building in El Segundo, outside Los ...

Major U.S. Cities Violate New EPA Lead Standards

Sixteen areas, including Los Angeles, Tampa and Cleveland, have unhealthful amounts of lead in the air that violate national standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday.. A national health standard for lead originally was set in 1978, but research in recent ...

PRODUCTS YOU DIDNT KNOW WEREYOU GUESSED IT GREEN

The article evaluates several products, including the Eco Wetsuit from Body Glove, the Green Initiatives shoes from Vans, and the Environmentally Conscious Optics from Dragon. Goooood; anger helps your cholesterol. So does top-of-the-line surf gear. Here are a few companies that want ...
With well over 3 million residents, Los Angeles is the second-largest city in the United States, only New York City is larger. A big contributing factor to Los Angeles being near the top of the nation's smoggiest places - Los Angeles and ...

Andy Lipkis Unplugged

Long before eco-friendly products lined supermarket shelves and global warming was as widely accepted as the Big Bang Theory, Andy Lipkis was educating Angelenos about saving the environment, living sustainably, and the singular value of trees.. Long before eco-friendly products lined supermarket ...
A green community is a neighborhood or building in which environmentally-friendly tactics are used in every way feasible. Unlike the comparatively inexpensive but unsustainable practices of the 20th century, green communities offer not only a healthy living environment but can be of ...

What is an Eco-House?

An eco-house, also called a green or environmentally friendly house, is a residential dwelling that makes sustainability and environmental concerns a top priority in design and function. Most feature sustainable construction materials, such as recycled insulation, bamboo flooring, and eco-friendly paint. Many ...

Deal to clean up LA-area nuclear accident site

More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination and return the atomic energy and rocket engine test site to its natural state.. Boeing said in a ...

America's Most Polluted Cities

President Obama's recent proposal to open some areas along the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic coastline and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling elicited praise from drilling advocates and oil companies as well as sharp criticism ...
America to this day remains one of the cleanest countries in the world. Leading the way in the United States are the cities of Irvine and Los Angeles. Located in the lovely state of California these two cities have shown the whole ...
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