L.A. Green Bean

For any LAGreenBean fans out there, (anyone, anyone?) Go Green Girl makes a shirt with a logo of a "Mr. Green Bean" on the front. He's pretty cute, with large marble eyes. Too bad I don't know him. But from the logo, he looks like a good bean.

From the Associated Press:

A federal judge ruled Friday that California's water systems threaten to push native, wild salmon into extinction but stopped short of ordering any immediate water cutbacks farmers said would have cost them millions in lost crops.

From the L.A. Times:

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic carryout bags in the city's supermarkets and stores by July 2010 -- but only if the state fails to impose a 25-cent fee on every shopper who requests them.

Angelina Jolie, mother, actress, humanitarian, model, and lobbyist, is planning to make a sexy green comeback after giving birth to twins at a hospital in France.

What's on her list of foods to eat? Not Cheetos, a favorite of her son Maddox. According to an article from newindpress.com, “Angie will only eat organic food and a diet rich in Omega-3.”

From the L.A. Times:

Two years ago, the saltwater oasis off Pacific Coast Highway was a desiccated oil field littered with drilling rigs.

Now, waters lap sandy shoals next to Bolsa Chica State Beach as thousands of terns squawk and flutter, jammed together in a wall of white feathers and gray chick fuzz.

Wondering if your sunscreen really works? If it is Coppertone, Neutrogena, or Banana Boat, it most likely isn't.

Yesterday from the Washington Post:

"The Defense Department, the nation's biggest polluter, is resisting orders from the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up Fort Meade and two other military bases where the EPA says dumped chemicals pose "imminent and substantial" dangers to public health and the environment.

Apparel companies, beware.

Brand of the Free company specializes in t-shirts and totes. The difference between a Brand of the Free t-shirt and shirts sold elsewhere? Brand of the Free t-shirts are 100% American-made, 100% USDA certified organic, and sweatshop-free.

California air regulators today announced a bold plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions that would alter the way utilities generate electricity, automakers build cars and developers construct buildings, and launch the nation's broadest market in carbon-credit trading.

California's blueprint is the first comprehensive effort to combat global warming by any American state, and comes nearly three weeks after the U.S. Senate threw out a national greenhouse gas bill that would have set similar targets.