Long Beach air quality

FAA Awards Long Beach Airport Over $6 Million in Grants

Long Beach Airport (LGB) proudly announces receipt of two United States Department of Transportation grants totaling $6.1 million dollars. The award comes through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and will fund two key airfield improvements and an Airfield Geometry Study. The new awards bring total 2011 FAA funding to $8.1 million.

LB Breathe Well Community Asthma Resource Fair

The community is invited to the second Long Beach Breathe Well Community Asthma Resource Fair on Saturday, August 20, 2011 from 10 am to 2 pm at Silverado Park, 1545 W. 31st Street, Long Beach, CA. The Long Beach Health Department’s Community Asthma and Air Quality Resource Education (CAARE) Project has partnered with local and [...]

CA Assembly Approves Measures on School Buses and Local Elections

The state Assembly on Monday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a pair of bills by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal. Assembly Bill 462 gives school districts new flexibility with existing clean air funds, so that they can replace the pressurized tanks on natural-gas-powered school buses. The bill ensures that school districts don’t have to sideline buses because they [...]

Port’s Air Quality Improvements Explored Through Video

On the Go Video team explores how the Port of Long Beach’s clean-air efforts achieved dramatic across-the-board reductions in air pollution, including a 72 percent decline in diesel particulates.

Port of Long Beach’s Clean-Air Efforts Deliver Results

The Port of Long Beach’s clean-air efforts are achieving dramatic across-the-board reductions in air pollution, including a 72 percent decline in diesel particulates, according to the latest comprehensive study.

Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal & RPNA Host a “Community Tree Planting”

Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal and the Rose Park Neighborhood Association (RPNA) are seeking volunteers for the Community Tree Planting, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Volunteers will gather at the Big Lots Parking Lot, 2300 East 7th Street (at Junipero). The community tree planting is Saturday from 9am-12pm. Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal will present a short speech [...]

AQMD Presentation Will Discuss Air Quality in West Long Beach

Community Forum on the Clean Air Benefits of Zero Emission Technologies On Thursday, March 24, 2011  join 7th District Councilmember and the West Long Beach Association for a community presentation by the Air Quality Management District (AQMD). The presentation will discuss the current air quality in West Long Beach, health effects of air pollution, and [...]

Take In A Dodger Game And Leave Your Car AT Home

Metro will again offer Dodger Stadium Express bus service from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium beginning March 28 with the Dodgers pre-game series and throughout the regular 2011 baseball season under a grant approved by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC). In support, MetroLink will offer late-night weekday [...]

Congresswoman Richardson’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 Passes Congress

On Tuesday December 21, 2010, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) of 2010 introduced in the House of Representatives by Congresswoman Laura Richardson won final approval from Congress and is headed to the White House to be signed into law by President Obama. This bill is vital piece of legislation necessary to extend a national [...]

2010 Clean Air Action Plan Update Approved

New, improved CAAP sets long-term goals for air quality gains Reaffirming their commitment to slash air pollution from the nation’s two busiest seaports, harbor commissioners from Los Angeles and Long Beach came together for a special joint session today, Monday, November 22, and unanimously approved a new, improved version of the award-winning San Pedro Bay [...]

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