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Critic questions AQMD board member's doctorates
A critic of the region's air-quality agency is questioning the academic credentials of a board member empowered to vote on the fate of the fire rings in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach. Clark E. Parker, who sits on the South Coast Air Quality...
Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Issues, University of California, Los Angeles, Stanford University
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O.C. supervisors oppose proposed ban on fire rings
The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally opposed a call by air-quality regulators to snuff out beach bonfires in much of Southern California. Supervisors urged the South Coast Air Quality Managment District to drop a proposed ban on...Tags: Environmental Issues, Air Pollution, Allan R. Mansoor, Politics, Elections
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Commentary: Local control is the answer to fire ring debate
When I was growing up in Costa Mesa in the '70s and '80s, I remember the days of poor air quality and smog alerts. Whenever there was a smog alert, recess activities were severely limited at local schools. This happened frequently. Things are...Tags: Environmental Issues, Air Pollution
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Dual-serving coastal commissioner resigns under fire
California Coastal Commissioner William Burke — who vocally supported dousing beach bonfires in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach — has resigned amid pressure from two state legislators. Burke is chairman of the South Coast Air Quality...Tags: Kamala D. Harris, Environmental Issues, Air Pollution, Allan R. Mansoor, John A. Perez
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Commentary: Fire rings are falling prey to environmental bureaucrats
According to Chris Epting's In The Pipeline column, "Something fishy going on with fire ring ban," April 4, he learned the hard way what the Air Quality Management District is really all about. Those green, environmentally friendly shoes pinch when you...Tags: Jerry Brown, Environmental Issues, Government, United Nations, Business
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Commentary: Proposed bonfire ban is not based in sound science
As the Great Bonfire War of 2013 continues, we can agree to one thing: If beach fire rings really do generate demonstrably dangerous levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions, they probably need to go or be reduced ("Fire ring hearing may be delayed,...Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Standards, Air Pollution
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Fire ring hearing may be pushed to June
The debate over whether Orange and Los Angeles counties' beach fire rings should be allowed to keep burning could smolder a little longer, thanks to a South Coast Air Quality Management District board vote Friday. The group was scheduled to decide...Tags: Environmental Issues, Air Pollution
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Airport curfew could be extended until 2035
After nearly two years of closed-door negotiations, Newport Beach Mayor Keith Curry announced Thursday that the strict curfews governing John Wayne Airport's operations could remain in place through 2035 if a proposed airport settlement agreement...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, John Wayne
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Commentary: Say it isn't so, but Newport Beach's fire rings must go
Where there's smoke, there's fire. And in smog-choked Southern California, where there's both smoke and fire, there's trouble. The latest front in Californians' love-hate relationship with fire and smoke is in Newport Beach. Seems the city wants to do...Tags: Environmental Issues, Air Pollution
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Commentary: JWA continues to threaten our quality of life
During the 1950s, Southern California culture was ablaze with anything considered chic, sophisticated and novel. Artists, designers and architects were pushing boundaries in style, design, architecture and invention. World War II was over, and the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests, Environmental Issues, Disneyland Park
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Commentary: Electric cars, the AQMD and other bad ideas
Do you know who, or what, is behind the AQMD? If you're from Southern California, you're likely aware that this bureaucratic acronym stands for the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Sounds innocuous, right? It's anything but. These are the un-...Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Standards, Government, Executive Branch
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Commentary: Remember the fight to save the coast
Baby boomers may remember the Beatles' verse: "It was 20 years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play." How long 20 years seemed when that song was released! Let's double that this October and November to celebrate the 40th anniversaries of...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Endangered Species, Documentary (genre), Petroleum Industry, U.S. House of Representatives
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