Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Greenhouse Gas

Gov.’s Newest Transit Raid Receiving a Frosty Reception

By Damien Newton | Jan 22, 2010 | 6 Comments

Schwarzenegger at October’s Alt-Car Expo in Santa Monica. Photo: Automobile Blog As Governor Schwarzenegger presses forward with his newest scheme to rob funds dedicated to transit, he’s receiving a frosty response from legislators and opinion makers that could spell doom for this plan to balance the budget. After the State Supreme Court agreed with every […]

GOP Senators Protest Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Transport Projects

By Elana Schor | Oct 26, 2009 | No Comments

The 40-year-old National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), which requires the federal government to evaluate the environmental consequences of future projects, is a valuable tool for local residents and green groups that work to defeat highway expansions — but as Streetsblog L.A. noted earlier this year, NEPA can be an equally valuable tool for opponents of […]

California Cities Lead Nation in Reducing Emissions from Streetlights

By Matthew Roth | Oct 16, 2009 | No Comments

PG&E workers installing an LED streetlight. Photo: PG&E Streetlights are an enormous part of any city’s energy consumption and cities that wish to cut down on their emissions and their energy bills are getting in line to convert their older street lamps to LED technology. According to Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) and Department of Energy […]

The Assumption of Inconvenience

By Ryan Avent | Sep 30, 2009 | 3 Comments

The secret of European eco-friendliness? Maybe not. Photo: romerican/Flickr Early this week, I noticed a number of my favorite bloggers linking to this Elisabeth Rosenthal essay at Environment 360, on the mysterious greenness of European nations. The average American, as it happens, produces about twice as much carbon dioxide each year as your typical resident […]