BY CARLA WALDEMAR Think globally, eat locally. Healthwise, it’s a boon, because when food is harvested close to home, preservatives aren’t needed. As a socio-political statement, the practice lends support to smaller, local producers rather than vast agri-conglomerates. Eco-conscious diners have adopted this mantra to cut back on use of…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE In the wider world of public education, education reform and associated politics, things are heating up. In the state of Washington, the state Supreme Court struck down Seattle’s charter school amendment as unconstitutional. In LA, there is concern over a semi-invisible player in the high-stakes school…
BY ED FELIEN After a boisterous public hearing on Aug. 27, the Metropolitan Airports Commission decided to defer approval of its expansion plan. As Dean Amundson reported in earlier editions of Southside Pride, the MAC plan “will accommodate an estimated 54 million passengers by 2035 (their numbers). That number will…
BY LARA NORKUS-CRAMPTON According to the Energy Justice Network’s (EJN) analysis of the most recent 2011 National Emissions Inventory (NEI) data self-reported to the EPA by the garbage incinerator industry, HERC is: #1 in arsenic emissions (31% of the emissions from 65 incinerators reporting) #2 in chromium VI emissions (19%…
