Environmental
Air of Deceit. A Cap-and-Trade Fraud Like No Other.
Pasadena Weekly
Was convicted smog-credit swindler Anne Sholtz also part of shady international ‘money repatriation schemes’ with links to the CIA?
Air Quality Agency Falls Victim To Edifice Complex
Los Angeles Business Journal
Barbecuers Are Doing A Slow Burn
Los Angeles Business Journal
AQMD lighter fluid ban is hot spot of controversy
Calls For Reducing Chromium Levels In Water Go Unheeded
Los Angeles Times
A state agency wants to raise the threshold for acceptable amounts in Valley wells. But not all agree the chemical poses a real threat.
Chromium 6 Suspected at Disney Studios
Los Angeles Times
Air conditioning system in Burbank may be a source of water contamination.
Clearing The Waters
LA CityBeat
New charges point out dearth of prosecutions in chromium 6 cases of contaminated groundwater
Defunct Steam Plans Draining MWD
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Customers to foot bill until projects are paid off – in 2024
Dropping Science
LA CityBeat
Chromium 6 is a known carcinogen, but the implosion of a blue-ribbon panel of scientists means we still don’t know how much is safe in L.A.’s drinking water.
DWP Failed to Inform Council on Tainted Wells, Lawmakers Say
Los Angeles Times
Chick and Wachs criticize agency, which concedes it failed to fulfill its watchdog role on chromium 6 in water.
Impossible Choices
LA CityBeat
While cleaning up solvents in L.A.’s water supply, did regulators pull another potentially deadly chemical into the pipes?
Keeping Their Distance
Pasadena Weekly
As investigative net tightens, creditors and friends of Anne Sholtz keep low profiles.
Lead-Paint Cleanup Stalled In Boyle Heights
LA Weekly
D.A. Garcetti can’t get the lead out at vast housing complex
Lockheed Fears Persist
Los Angeles Daily News
Burbank-Area Residents Dispute Cancer-Incident Survey
Lockheed Quagmire Grows
Los Angeles Daily News
Contractor wants Pentagon to pay hunk of toxic cleanup tab
Lockheed Resolves Toxic Claims
Los Angeles Daily News
Residents near Burbank B-1 plan to receive $60-million
Lockheed Retaining Half of Settlement
Los Angeles Daily News
Lawyer’s Notes to Burbank Residents Disclosed
Memos Detail Lockheed Settlement
Los Angeles Daily News
Lawyer’s Notes to Burbank Residents Disclosed
More Residents Seeking Damages from Lockheed
Los Angeles Daily News
Burbank residents who missed out on a $60 million settlement with Lockheed Martin Corp. have brought a class-action lawsuit...
MWD Boondoggle
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Water district lost millions in failed LA real estate deal
MWD Paid Developer Millions
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Par For The Landfill
Los Angeles Times
Golf and other recreational uses are being developed for dumps after they reach their capacity.
Payout (In Lockheed Settlement) May Set Model in Future Cases
Los Angeles Daily News
Lockheed Martin Corp.’s $60 million out-of-court settlement with 1,300 Burbank residents...
Rockwell Debacle: How Did it Start?
Los Angeles Daily News
Investigators Probe Waste Violations
Rockwell’s Flawed Environmental Record Questions Raised Over History of Infractions at Company Sites
Los Angeles Daily News
In the past decade, Rockwell International Corp. has seen the same cycle re-enacted around the country...
Score One For The Trees
Los Angeles Times
To Keep the Mighty from Falling, L.A. Has Toughened Rules Protecting Oaks, Sycamores and Other Trees. Some Say It’s about Time. Other Predict Headaches for Homeowners.
Smoke And Mirrors
Pasadena Weekly
A Pasadena firm comes under suspicion for allegedly misappropriating millions for L.A.’s smog credit trading industry.
Smoke Screen
Pasadena Weekly
After five years, Anne Sholtz has yet to be sentenced for her role in multimillion-dollar smog-credit scam
Steam Plant Fueled Political Blow-UP
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Energized by Mideast oil shocks and the fledgling “green” revolution 15 years ago...
Toxics Law May Have Swayed Lockheed Case
Los Angeles Daily News
Case involving state toxics law was ‘waiting to happen’
Troubled Waters
LA CityBeat
Chromium 6 is the same poison made infamous by Erin Brockovich. Now it poses a ‘clear and present danger’ to the water supply of Los Angeles.
Up in Smoke
Pasadena Weekly
Victims stunned by light sentence in multimillion-dollar smog-credit scam.
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