The Coalition for Clean Air houses a wealth of information about quality in California. Here are some surprising assertions I encountered about Los Angeles recently on their site: Continue Reading →
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“The Smogometer”: LA Toxic Tour Blog #1
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I'm knee deep in Smogtown: The Lung-burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles by Chip Jacobs and William Kelley. It's written like the pair wishes they were really James Elroy, but it's chock-full of archival research and unbelievable anecdotes about just how toxic the miasma called air was in Los Angeles before the oil companies and defense manufacturers were ever subject to regulation. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture & Economy, Featured, LA Toxic Tour: Air Check, The Toxic Tour, air pollution, Environment, Health, Hear in the City
The Toxic Tour: Networked public-health journalism
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Newsdesk.org's award-winning, crowd-funded "Toxic Tour" is expanding to Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco, where we'll put the neglected issues and neighborhoods "on the map," and create a new model for independent journalism. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Featured, Newsdesk News, The Toxic Tour, Bay Area Toxic Tour, LA Toxic Tour, map, mapping, Oakland Toxic Tour
Office bullies target the educated: Report
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Bullies aren’t just kids in the playground anymore – they are also adults in the workplace, according to a recent survey. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Featured, News You Might Have Missed, The Sciences, bullies, bullying, cyber, Healthy Workplace Bill, Nation
Brazilian biologist wants to save the world, one critter at a time
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Animals seized from Brazilian jungles by wildlife traffickers, then confiscated by well-meaning officials and animal rights activists, frequently face even more problems than they had before, says a biologist from the University of São Paulo. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Featured, News You Might Have Missed, The Sciences, activism, Ecology, Economy, Environment, Latin America
Scientists unmask ‘Ghost Mountains’ of Antarctica at last
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Scientists this week revealed startling new images of the Gamburtsev Mountain Range of Antarctica, a huge and mysterious "ghost range" buried beneath more than a mile of ice. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Featured, News You Might Have Missed, The Sciences, Antarctica, Environment, orography, Technology, World
In rural U.S., a veterinary crisis
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The United States Department of Agriculture is stepping into one of the more perplexing situations facing rural America today: a shortage of large animal veterinarians. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture & Economy, Featured, News You Might Have Missed, Agriculture, animals, Economy, Nation, Public Health
Robots seen as solution to Japan’s aging, shrinking population
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The wedding conductor spoke, her arms moving with slow jerky movements, as her large, egg-shaped, glowing eyes flashed from purple to blue to green and yellow. Strange? Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture & Economy, Featured, News You Might Have Missed, Economy, Japan, Public Health, Science, Technology
Battery breakthrough is at hand
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While the rest of the world was waiting around for that better mousetrap, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a startling breakthrough in battery technology. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Economy, Featured, Education, News You Might Have Missed, Science, Technology
Researchers edge toward artificial photosynthesis
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a process that allows them to imitate photosynthesis—a potentially critical breakthrough in the search for clean, sustainable energy. Continue Reading →