Is that possible? I can’t imagine L.A. being anything but gray let alone green.
I guess my imagination isn’t as vivid as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa though.
The Mayor wants to cut down greenhouse gas to 30 percent below what it was in 1990 by 2030.
His plan is to make developers whose building projects are 50 units or 50,000 square feet to make their buildings up to green standards set by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
On April 22, the L.A. city council voted and passed the law.
Apparently, by 2012 this new law will cut carbon dioxide emissions by 80,000 tons which is about taking 15,000 cars off the road.
L.A. isn’t the only city in the sunshine state trying to get the “biggest green city in the country” title. Next month, San Francisco will act on a similar new building standard. San Francisco’s plans are suppose to be stricter, but if both cities succeed, Los Angeles will make a bigger impact since there are 4 million people in L.A. and 800,000 people in San Francisco.
I don’t know if it’s possible to make L.A. even a bit green, but if Villaraigosa succeeds, that will be incredible.
Until then, he will have to make me and everyone else a believer.
Random tidbit on the same topic, the LA Times reports that the Vatican now says air pollution is being added to the list of “new sins”.
Reuters Blog: http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/04/23/la-to-be-greenest-big-us-city/
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