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July 29, 2008
China Olympics smog
The Olympic Games in Beijing are intended to be China's showcase to the world of what a modern society it has become. Unfortunately, one aspect of that is all too apparent: Beijing's world-class air pollution. It's become a source of anxiety for the athletes preparing to compete in conditions within which most doctors would advise people not to engage in strenuous physical activity.
Posted by Steve Greenberg at 5:06 AM
July 27, 2008
Cutting state worker's pay
To ratchet up the pressure for the legislature to pass a state budget, Gov. Schwarzenegger has proposed slashing the pay of all state workers to minimum wage, arguing the state is running out of money (because the legislature has been unable to pass a state budget).
Posted by Steve Greenberg at 4:50 AM
July 23, 2008
Coastal drilling
Drilling for more oil off the coast, beyond the potential environmental impact, the many-year wait for results and the fact it would only slightly affect our oil supply, still leaves us where we are now: dependent on burning fossil fuels and adding to the greenhouse gases that are warming the planet at an alarming rate.
Posted by Steve Greenberg at 5:36 AM
July 20, 2008
La Conchita's tight situation
Beyond the ever-present landslide situation facing the community of La Conchita, the Union Pacific Railroad has added to their woes, fencing off an area adjacent to its tracks that the community had used for parking and recreation. This move also cut La Conchita's access to the beach (via a culvert under the 101 freeway), a move the Coastal Commission has said is probably illegal. Now what are the residents to do, run across a busy freeway?
Posted by Steve Greenberg at 5:48 AM
July 15, 2008
Global Warming summit
Leaders of the world's leading industrialized nations, the G-8, met in Japan to deal with global warming. What emerged was a weak, nonbinding pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, more than 40 years off. Said a spokesman for one leading environmental organization, "At this rate, by 2050 the world will be cooked and the G-8 leaders will be long forgotten."
Posted by Steve Greenberg at 5:18 AM
July 13, 2008
Tick... tick... tick...
Israel is understandably alarmed by the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, given that Iran has expressed a clear desire to wipe Israel off the map. Both sides, along with the U.S., are showing force and issuing warnings. This is a very scary situation, with the potential to become an enormous, catastrophic region-wide conflagration.
Posted by Steve Greenberg at 5:19 AM
July 8, 2008
California wildfires everywhere
Posted by Steve Greenberg at 5:45 AM
July 6, 2008
The fall of Countrywide
Another tragic how-the--mighty-have-fallen story, with another set of employee and consumer victims left in the wake.
Posted by Steve Greenberg at 5:05 AM
July 3, 2008
Coming home to roost
High gas prices, higher prices for most goods and now miserable vehicle sales -- all problems of our own making, through poor consumer choices and poor government planning, and now the problems have come home to roost.
Posted by Steve Greenberg at 5:36 AM
July 1, 2008
Hands-free cell phone law
Don't forget, the state's new hands-free mandate for using cell phones while driving takes effect today. $20 fine for the first violation, $50 for the next. Whoever manufactures "Bluetooth" headsets thanks you...
Posted by Steve Greenberg at 5:20 AM
