In the kickoff to Here in the City's "Air Check: petroleum and air pollution from a community perspective," Sara Harris interviews Chip Jacobs and William Kelly, the authors of "Smogtown: The lung-burning history of pollution in Los Angeles." Continue Reading →
LA Toxic Tour: Air Check
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Lesser known facts about air pollution in Los Angeles: LA Toxic Tour Blog #2
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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 →