Which Way, L.A.?
Does Going Green Mean Environmental Destruction?
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is the biggest publicly owned utility in the nation. Mayor Villagraigosa wants it to go green. Geothermal energy could replace coal-fired power plants, but there are tradeoffs. Geothermal sources are far away, and that means building new power lines. Will national forests and wildlife refuges be destroyed? On Reporter's Notebook, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenThe Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is the biggest publicly owned utility in the nation. Mayor Villagraigosa wants it to go green. Geothermal energy could replace coal-fired power plants, but there are tradeoffs. Geothermal sources are far away, and that means building new power lines. Will national forests and wildlife refuges be destroyed? On Reporter's Notebook, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
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State law requires private utilities to generate 20% of their power from renewable sources by 2010. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is exempt because it’s publicly owned , but Mayor Villagraigosa wants to meet that goal anyway. We’ll talk about that in a moment. First, the issue of building new power lines to bring…
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