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Housing should be kept back from freeway
Pasadena’s draft General Plan proposes focusing future residential growth in the city around “transit villages,” including three Gold Line stations on the 210 Freeway. Although encouraging transit-oriented development is generally a good...Tags: Environmental Issues, Autism, Heart Disease, Family, Asthma
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Pasadena hammers 710 tunnel, stops short of opposing it
Pasadena City Council members on Monday stopped short of opposing plans for a 4.5-mile tunnel to connect the Long Beach (710) and Foothill (210) freeways, but city leaders will go on record with a litany of questions and concerns about the project. After...
Tags: Highway Transportation, California Department of Transportation, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Environmental Issues, Elections
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Neighbors plan to fight NFL approval
As city officials move ahead with plans to bridge a $30-million funding gap for renovations at the Rose Bowl, the next hurdle for bringing professional football to the stadium may be a legal one. Following more than five hours of debate, Pasadena City...
Tags: Rose Bowl Game, National Football League, Football, Environmental Issues, College Football
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Smog-ology: Caltech professor wins environmental prize
The Los Angeles basin is home to some famously filthy air, and this month a leader in the study of air pollution added a carbon particle-tainted feather to his cap. John Seinfeld, a chemical engineering professor at Caltech, has been named one of two...
Tags: Science and Technology, Education, Baylor University , Harvard University, Environmental Issues
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Measuring methane: Can it evaluate cattle feed efficiency and overall health?
PIEDMONT, S.D. - Will cattlemen someday measure their animals' breaths and belches to determine feed efficiency, or whether they're getting sick? Pat and Scott Zimmerman think so. They are principals of C-Lock Inc. in Piedmont, S.D., which has...Tags: Science and Technology, Education, Environmental Issues, Colleges and Universities, The Pennsylvania State University
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Breast Cancer, Orlando Hotels, Radio, Gymnastics Clubs, Florida Mall
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Wind Power, Mountains, Global Change
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Study: Car emissions can turn good cholesterol bad
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Safety, Diesel Before you head to the pharmacy to refill your Lipitor prescription, check this out. The American Heart Association's journal on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology has concluded that high levels of... -
Water bill whirlpool
There is an old adage, often heard in the local marinas, that a boat is nothing more than a hole in the water into which you pour money. Turns out the same could be said about Baltimore's water and sewer system — it is a money-soaking hole that puts...
Tags: Edgar Allan Poe, Environmental Issues, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Agencies aim to restore bay's depleted oysters, a creek at a time
It's planting time in the Chesapeake Bay, just as it is on land for farmers and gardeners across Maryland. Instead of seeds, though, hundreds of millions of speck-sized baby oysters — known as spat — are being planted this spring in Harris...
Tags: St. Michaels, Lifestyle and Leisure, Science and Technology, Dorchester County, Environmental Issues
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Casino site contamination prompts new lawsuit
A pair of Baltimore residents filed suit Monday accusing the city of breaking the law by allowing toxic chemicals to leach into the Patapsco River from the South Baltimore site where a casino is now under construction. The lawsuit is the second to raise...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Patapsco, Justice System
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Long Beach votes to sue L.A. over proposed rail yard at port
The Long Beach City Council has authorized a lawsuit to challenge plans by Los Angeles to build a rail yard in the harbor that could impact low-income neighborhoods in West Long Beach. Council members voted 9 to 0 Tuesday to sue over the Southern...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Litigation, Port of Los Angeles, Trials
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