Cleaning up ports and container transport

gridadmin — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:55:34 +0000

Ninety percent of goods are transported around the world by ship. Los Angeles has two ports. The ports of Los Angeles and the port of Long Beach. Together they are the largest port in the western hemisphere. Ports are a big point source of pollution. Manufacturing is increasing in the US and both Democrats and Republicans want exports to double. Tony Haymet is looking at the efficiency of the entire chain in moving big boxes: the fuel burnt by ships, their life span and exhaust gases, how containers are moved on the ground, be it by road or rail.

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Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles

gridadmin — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:32:30 +0000

Smogtown isn’t a new book, but the conflicts covered in its last chapters are still breaking news. The LA Times’ Trash talk and the real dirt on a toxic tour of Los Angeles, just featured one of Smogtown‘s history makers, Communities for a Better Environment. The group has been protesting pollution hazards, including those from freight transfer facilities, endured by communities along the 710 for the past 20 years.

The SR-710 extension gets a mention early on. The text contradicts claims that it is the “last remaining gap” in the system, saying that disgust with the results of freeway building scuttled almost 40 percent of the 1954 regional blueprint in the latter decades of the 20th century, including routes through Beverly Hills, Laurel Canyon and Pasadena.

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Cleaning up ports and container transport

Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles