Edison wants to use $570 million to electrify trucks, ports, buses and...
ROSEMEAD >> In a move signaling its commitment to electric-powered transit, Southern California Edison filed a plan with state regulators Friday that would fund the installation of charging...
View ArticleHere’s why hundreds of people have gathered at air board meeting in Diamond Bar
About 500 people have crowded into AQMD headquarters in Diamond Bar today where the air board is expected to adopt a 15-year air-cleanup plan. There are so many people in attendance that many are...
View Article$1 million health study ‘shortchanges’ Porter Ranch gas leak victims, critics...
The Southern California Gas Co. has agreed to pay $8.5 million, including $1 million for an independent health study, to settle a lawsuit filed by air quality regulators last year over the disastrous...
View ArticleNext Porter Ranch gas leak fight may be over money
The next big fight centering on the massive natural gas leak above Porter Ranch will likely be over money. Last week the Southern California Gas Co. announced it would pay $8.5 million to settle a...
View ArticlePower outages, flaring put Torrance refinery on hotseat for Wednesday AQMD...
Air quality regulators on Wednesday are scheduled to discuss an order requiring the owners of the Torrance Refinery to improve its electrical system after at least three power outages in the last year...
View ArticleLA leader fights to boost Porter Ranch health study, says gas leak settlement...
Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander on Tuesday demanded that air quality regulars increase the amount of money for a health study included in the $8.5 million settlement of a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleLatest Torrance refinery fire sparks AQMD call for community hearing
Concerned about repeated problems at the PBF Energy-owned oil refinery in Torrance in the aftermath of a weekend fire, the region’s pollution-control agency said Sunday it plans to conduct a community...
View ArticleCounty joins political efforts to ban toxic chemical from refineries in...
The county Board of Supervisors, prodded by increasing political and regulatory efforts to protect public health and safety, endorsed proposals Wednesday to ban highly toxic hydrofluoric acid from the...
View ArticleEdison builds world’s first battery-gas hybrid power plants in Norwalk,...
NORWALK >> Southern California Edison launched the world’s first hybrid battery and gas turbine power plants Monday that will provide cleaner stopgap power during hot summer months when...
View ArticleAQMD wants pollution monitors, improved alert system for Torrance refinery
The region’s air pollution watchdog is set to recommend Torrance receive almost $3 million in grants to install refinery air-quality monitors and upgrade the existing emergency siren system that is...
View ArticleHere’s why you shouldn’t burn wood in your fireplace, outdoor pits in...
If you’ve got a fireplace, don’t use it — at least until the wee hours of Saturday, Dec. 16. The agency that measures bad air in Southern California issued a warning Thursday, Dec. 14: Don’t burn wood...
View ArticleA proposal to ban a potentially lethal chemical might change – or close – 2...
A potentially lethal chemical used at two Southern California oil refineries could be banned by regulators, a policy that refinery operators say could shutter their plants, cost hundreds of jobs and...
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No-burn order due to high pollution covers most of Southern California
(Click for a larger image) LOS ANGELES — A “no-burn” order will be in effect today across much of the Southland due to anticipated high pollution levels as colder and potentially wet weather approaches...
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No-burn order in place for LA, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties
The SCAQMD has declared Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, a no-burn day in order to protect public health when levels of fine particulate air pollution in the region are forecast to be high. (File photo by Leo...
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State sues Quemetco, says battery recycling plant in City of Industry is...
The state attorney general has sued Quemetco, the battery-recycling facility in City of Industry, citing 29 alleged violations involving failures to stop hazardous waste from migrating into the...
View ArticleNo-burn alert extended through Tuesday for much of the South Coast Air Basin
LOS ANGELES — With air pollution levels expected to remain high, the South Coast Air Quality Management District on Monday extended a o-burn alert through Tuesday. The alert had been in effect through...
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Neighbors are still questioning the giant cloud over the L.A. Metrolink yard...
On the early morning of May 9, Christine Mills awoke to a piercing alarm coming from the Metrolink Central Maintenance Facility. As Mills ran toward the sound, still dressed in her pajamas, she saw a...
View ArticleBurning of wood banned Wednesday in much of Southern California
The South Coast Air Quality Management District declared Wednesday, Dec. 12, a no-burn day for residents of Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties....
View ArticleNo-burn order issued for much of Southern California for Christmas Day
Indoor and outdoor wood burning will be prohibited on Christmas Day in much of Southern California because of weather conditions conducive to concentrated pollution, according to the South Coast Air...
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AQMD considers seeking a one-half cent sales tax in four counties for...
The South Coast Air Quality Management District is pursuing a one-half cent sales tax measure that would raise about $1.4 billion each year to pay for clean-air projects such as zero-emission cars,...
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