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1 clean truck program, 2 ports, and now 2 strategies

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Nov. 19, 2009 | Molly Peterson | KPCC | 4 comments

A year after the Clean Trucks program began at the harbor complex, the two ports in San Pedro Harbor are headed in divergent directions. The port of Los Angeles continues to fight challenges to pollution controls in court. In Long Beach, harbor commissioners are trying to end the same lawsuit.

Calif. requires TVs to be more energy efficient; supporters hope rule becomes national model

Nov. 18, 2009 | Samantha Young | AP | 1 comment

Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators Wednesday adopted a first-in-the-nation mandate to reduce electricity demand.

Reef conservation strategy backfires

Nov. 18, 2009 | Richard Harris | NPR | 1 comment

Conservationists worried about overfishing on the Pacific island of Kiribati persuaded fishermen to pick coconuts instead. The strategy backfired: Coconut oil production increased, but so did fishing. It turns out, fishermen who earned more money in coconut agriculture had more leisure time — which they spent fishing.