Category Archives: Environmental
Artificial Grass, Astroturf, Presents Hidden Dangers
BY REECE PASCOE When the Palisades High School Football team played El Camino Real High on August 19, CTN learned that all of ECR games would have to be played away because of trouble with the school’s Astroturf. According...
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Illegal Dumping on Environmentally Sensitive YMCA Land
A gardener or landscaper has illegally dumped four truckloads of plant material on an environmentally sensitive habitat area (ESHA), just north of Simon Meadow on land owned by the Palisades-Malibu YMCA. The person(s) knocked over a pole, taking down a...
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Support the Ballona Wetlands: Write a Letter
If a resident would like to help save the environmentally-sensitive Ballona Wetlands from garbage and needles, your signature is sought. Residents can help save the El Segundo Blue Butterfly and the Belding’s Savannah Sparrow, which are endangered species living in...
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History of Nuclear and how It Produces Carbon-free Energy
(Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories about nuclear energy. The first “Nuclear Energy Provides Reliable, Clean Energy” appeared on July 21.) BY REECE PASCOE It started with Marie Curie in 1902 with the discovery of radioactive...
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Nuclear Energy Provides Reliable, Clean Energy
BY REECE PASCOE Less demonization of nuclear power and more understanding of the process should lead to nuclear energy having a seat at the table to meet our ever-growing energy needs. News sources promote solar and wind, but why...
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Problems with Wind and Solar Need to be Addressed
The first tribally owned wind generator was dedicated on the Rosebud Reservation on May 1, 2003. When this editor visited the area in 2010, it was inoperative. The economic development advisor for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s President’s Office said...
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Proposed Potrero Trail to Temescal Funded by Representative Lieu
U.S. House of Representative Ted Lieu announced on July 5 that a community grant of $1.15 million had been approved to pay for the construction of a trail that will connect the George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon Park with...
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Cardboard City Provides Reuse Alternatives for Recycling
Story and Photos By CHAZ PLAGER Everyone who is concerned about the environment has learned the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The first and last, anyone can do. But the second, Reuse, is a little more difficult. Just how is...
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PaliHi Students Delve into Climate Change with Loggers and the Forest Service
By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News This spring, 12 Palisades High students took a deep dive into climate change and the state’s wildfire crisis at the Forestry Challenge Championship in northern California’s Tuolumne County. With input from lumber mill representatives,...
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Lawns May Be Replaced through Rebate Program
BY REECE PASCOE If a resident is thinking about redoing one lawn, because of drought restrictions, take a look at the Turf Replacement Program, offered by the LADWP. It is one of the many water-saving, energy-savings programs offered by this...
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