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Is Los Angeles Really “Green” After All?
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Is Los Angeles Really “Green” After All?

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The Brookings Institution finds that LA’s “carbon footprint” is smaller than any American city except Honolulu. LA is “greener” than San Francisco or Portland, but the American Lung Association says LA is still the nation’s worst all-around polluter. On Reporter’s Notebook, in a federal courtroom it’s Barbie versus the Bratz.

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Does Los Angeles Have the Greenest Carbon Footprint in the USA? ()

Just a month ago, the American Lung Association said that aggressive efforts have improved air quality in Los Angeles. Instead of being America’s worst polluter, it is second worst after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. But today the Brookings Institution, a well-regarded Washington think-tank, reports that Los Angeles is greener than Portland or San Francisco—in fact it’s carbon foot-print beats any city except Honolulu.
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  • Andrea Sarzynski: Senior research analyst, Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings
  • David Pettit: Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council ,
  • Sam Atwood: Spokesman for the Air Quality Management District
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Reporter's Notebook

Barbie Versus Bratz ()

Barbie dolls are worth approximately three billion dollars a year to Mattel, based in El Segundo. But Bratz dolls, made by MGA Entertainment in Van Nuys, are giving Barbie a run for the money. Mattel has gone into federal court, claiming that Bratz were thought up by a designer while he was working for Mattel.
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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.

 

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