Latest from Emerald City, my enviro-blog at LAtimes.com
>> Metro’s long range plan: How will it affect you?. How would you like your commute speed to drop another 14 miles per hour? That’s what Metro projects will happen to freeway speeds by 2030 due to population and employment growth in the L.A. area — if we do nothing to fix the situation.
Yesterday I wrote a bunch of anti junk mail posts:
>> Get the ‘Do Not Mail’ registry started. The good people at ForestEthics have gotten the battle against junk mail started with a petition — addressed to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — calling for a Do Not Mail registry.
>> ProQuo: Get just the junk mail you want to get. ProQuo reduces all different types of junk mail, from weekly circulars to marketing lists to ValPak envelopes. All you have to do is create a profile, and you’ll get a full screen of different lists you can opt out of:
>> The proliferation of de-junk-mailing services. De-junk-mailing’s becoming big business! Suddenly, the Internet’s full of companies that want to get rid of your junk mail for you — for a small fee.
And a linky post:
>> A.M. Greenlist: Waxman keeps busy
