LA Creamery Dishes Up Pedal-Churned Ice Cream

Using an old Shwinn, Peddler's Creamery gives LA a scoop of human-powered goodness. Read more →
Electric Car Company Coda About To Be Unplugged?

The electric car maker Coda continues to spiral downward, and it's already being referred to as leading mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti's "Solyndra." Read more →
LA’s Solar Feed-In Tariff Making A Big Leap

Renewable energy in sunny Los Angeles gets a boost as the city uncorks “the largest urban rooftop solar program of its kind in the nation.” Read more →
A Smog-Fighting Billboard For Los Angeles?

A group of architects and engineers have developed a plan for turning billboards into suspended bamboo gardens that clean up urban air -- and seek your support. Read more →
Blackbirds Development: A Woonerf For Los Angeles?

A new high-density housing development (enabled by LA's 2004 Small Lot Ordinance) slated for Echo Park will be centered around a pedestrian/cycling street. Read more →
LA Chooses Clean Energy Over Coal

The Sierra Club reports on how the Los Angeles City Council approved the L.A. Department of Water and Power's plan to invest in clean energy over coal. Read more →
Fabulous, Darling: Sleek LA Home Prefab Open To Public

A sleek LV series prefabricated home with solar panels and other green features by Rocio Romero will be open to the public in Los Angeles starting in November. Read more →
LA Seeing The Light? Big Jump In Rooftop Solar

The city's often-troubled solar incentives program comes through with 22 megawatts, more than double the previous year's installed capacity. Read more →
LADWP Resolves To Build Clean, Cheap, Local Energy

Natural Resources Defense Council reports on how the LADWP has adopted guiding principles for the development and implementation of its energy efficiency portfolio. Read more →
400 Mature Trees Felled To Make Way For Retired Endeavor Space Shuttle

Los Angeles officials say the long term benefits of having the Endeavour in town as a tourist attraction outweigh the costs of removing the trees. Read more →




