[Source: NewGeography] When I arrived in Los Angeles four decades ago, it was clearly a city on the rise, practicing its lines on the way to becoming the dominant metropolis in North America. Today, the City of Angels and much of Southern California lag behind not only a resurgent New York City, but also L.A.’s longtime Read More…
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Making climate change fashionable – the garment industry takes on global warming
[Source: Forbes] As the COP21 climate change talks are underway in Paris this week, it’s nice to see real progress on fronts rarely discussed. Lots of industries other than energy production are important sources of greenhouse gas emissions – agriculture, iron and metal smelting, cement production, waste treatment and … the fashion industry. The apparel Read More…
9,000 companies left California over last 7 years
[Source: San Diego Business Journal] A study by Spectrum Location Solutions found that within the last seven years, 9,000 businesses left California in favor of other locations. San Diego rated No. 5 for the most losses; Los Angeles topped the list. The other counties with the highest number of disinvestments were Orange, Santa Clara, San Read More…
Lawmakers urge report on growing bullet train costs
[Source: Los Angeles Times] The California high-speed rail authority bowed to pressure from California legislators and members of Congress late Tuesday and released a copy of a 2013 report showing a large estimated increase in the cost of building the initial segment of the bullet train project. The report, disclosed by the Times in a Read More…
Poverty inseparable from environmental sustainability
[Source: Desert News ] Member states of the United Nations unanimously agreed to a new poverty agenda last week, one that sets a 15-year time frame for a full eradication of extreme poverty. The previous poverty agenda — set in 2000 and expiring this year — was successful in halving the number of people in extreme Read More…