LA Creamery Dishes Up Pedal-Churned Ice Cream

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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?

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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

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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?

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 →