Latest from Emerald City, my enviro-blog at LAtimes.com

>> Acquarella: A closer look at water-based nail polish. Open a bottle of Acquarella nail polish, and the first thing you’ll notice is that the stuff doesn’t smell like a noxious stew of chemicals. Acquarella prides itself in avoiding formaldehyde, phthalates and petrochemical solvents.

>> Lightbulbs to Leadership: Pushing lawmakers to think outside the lightbulb. Got a lightbulb joke? Send it in to Sierra Club, which today kicked off its new campaign, Lightbulbs to Leadership. The goal: to “remind Americans that it takes more than changing lightbulbs to fix global warming –- it takes changing the will of our leaders.”

>> Sunny money talk at solar power panel 6/16. Titled “Solar by the Numbers: 2008 Financing Options for Home Solar Systems,” this informative panel will illuminate “new ways to finance the installation of solar electric and solar thermal systems … — options that weren’t available even a year ago.”

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>> A.M. Greenlist: The B list

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