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Environmental stories for the last couple weeks, relating to business, society, and law.

Plastic bag taxes, angry truckers, EPA blog, toy safety law likely to be passed, and some other stories you might like.

This article is about the high-speed rail currently being built that will connect every major city in CA and go from SF to LAX in 2 hrs and 40 min.

Southern California Inner City Youth Out to Change The World

A watered down version of a plastic bag ban, but a step towards the right direction for Los Angeles. Stores will be asked to participate in plastic bag reduction.

Great article in the LA Times about senior cohousing (aka elder cohousing) as an alternative to nursing homes.

The first standard-framed home in the State of California to receive LEED platinum designation*. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is a hallmark of high building standards for meeting green specifications. The home, now complete features nearly 100 environmental and energy-saving concepts to meet this goal. This residence contains no toxins in the finished materials.

It's estimated that 97 billion e-mails whisk through cyberspace every day. And according to GreenPrint Technologies, despite 20th century predictions of a paperless office, Americans use enough sheets every year to build a 10-foot-high wall that would stretch from New York to Tokyo and beyond.

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A computer-controlled system of multicolored lights shines down on a satellite photo of the L.A. basin; each color represents a different airborne pollutant. If regional air pollution levels are low, the lights get brighter; if levels increase, they grow dim. Every 15 minutes, the computer receives data from a website that records local air quality and the structure fills with fog, diffusing the lights in a cloud of haze

Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles Villaraigosa discusses what L.A. is doing about climate change and the environment, including embracing a new "green economy" as an economic force for the city.

Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, talks about the role of cities and local governments to deal with climate change.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa And Other Leaders Are Caught Not Following Their Own Advice, As Drought and Wildfires Ravage The Region