Council returns to work after summer break
After a brief summer respite, City Council returns to regular business on September 12 with a relatively easy agenda. ...
Tag: Climate Change
Weak and short La Nina fades away; climate shifts to neutral
WASHINGTON (AP) — La Nina, we hardly knew ye. U.S. weather forecasters said Thursday the cool flip side to the ...
Council to consider climate change in new land use rules
BY KATE CAGLE Development plans near Santa Monica beaches will soon have to take climate change and the long-term ...
City hopes new Owl system will gather local wisdom
Santa Monica is turning to the virtual world to help residents understand a very real problem: climate change. City ...
Letters: Big Blue Bus issues, carbon tax action
Editor: Though appreciative of the Big Blue Bus efforts to get us out of our cars, some of their changes may ...
When it comes to sustainability, is Santa Monica in hot water?
We've all heard the fable about the frog in a pot of water on the stove. At first, the frog ...
Letter: Taking action on carbon emissions
Editor: I applaud SMDP contributor Al Barrett for his opinion commentary, "Humans and Planet Earth.” It is urgent that we ...
Why Santa Monica should be a low-rise city
SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow) has long advocated for a low-rise city — that is, a city ...
Letter: More action needed on climate change
Editor: Our mayor is at the United Nations Climate Change conference in Paris to announce our city's move to reduce ...
Letter: Harebrained idea
Editor: This should be a piece by Jack Neworth's "Laughing Matters." To steal a word from Kevin McKeown's vocabulary, I ...
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