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Julia 'Judy' Bonds dies at 58; environmental activist fought coal giant Massey
Julia "Judy" Bonds, a West Virginia environmental activist who garnered national attention for her homespun opposition to mountaintop removal coal mining, has died, the environmental group Coal River Mountain Watch said. She was 58 and had cancer.
Bonds,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Metal and Mineral, Coal, Human Interest, Massey Energy Company
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Calaveras County: Still hopping to it
Special to the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles and this tiny Gold Rush town share the same "City of Angels" nickname, and the similarities don't end there. Just as Hollywood honors its celebrities with a star on the Walk of Fame, Angels Camp gives the same treatment to its best frog...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Fredric March, The Princess and the Frog (movie), Movies, Restaurants
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The state of working musicians in New Orleans: 'Half the gigs ... and the work pays less'
Pop & HissIt's not hurricanes challenging New Orleans' musicians anymore; it's the economy. Five years ago this weekend, Hurricane Katrina decimated the city and its music community, but the recession has set a slow pace for its recovery. According to the third....... -
Global warming: Can the San Bernardino flying squirrel be saved?
GreenspaceEnvironmentalists have petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the San Bernardino flying squirrel, a nocturnal glider native to Southern California mountains, as an endangered species, threatened by climate change. The petition, filed... -
L.A.'s solar subsidies: Should the City Council come to the rescue?
GreenspaceLos Angeles homeowners and businesses have applied for $70 million in rebates from the city utility this year to build rooftop solar panels. That should be good news for green jobs and for the small businesses that have grown up...... -
Wall Street Roundup: Canary in the coal mine. Risky loans.
Money & CompanyGold: Trading now at $1,544 per ounce, up 0.2% from Monday. Dow Jones industrial average: Trading now at 12173.25, up 0.8% from Monday. Canary in the coal mine. Jefferies, a Wall Street investment bank, kicked off the Wall Street earnings...... -
Climate change: Is El Niño heating up?
GreenspaceThe weather pattern known as El Niño, which can bring heavy rains to Southern California, has doubled in intensity and warmth and shifted westward over several decades, according to scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the National Oceanic... -
Carlos Slim to open gold mines in Mexico
La PlazaCarlos Slim is eyeing gold. The Mexican magnate and world's richest man announced that one of his major companies has plans to open two mines in Mexico's northern state of Chihuahua, in an investment of about $367 million. The new mining operation is... -
Trial of eco-activist who punk'd BLM begins
GreenspaceAt the end of 2008, the incoming Obama administration called attempts to sell prime parcels of Bureau of Land Management land near Utah's national parks improper and told the Bush administration to stop. But the person who did the most...... -
Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch Montana ledge
L.A. UnleashedTwo young goats wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent nearly two days high above the ground until rescuers in a towering cherry picker plucked them from their perch, hungry but safe. The rescue occurred Wednesday...... -
Chile miners: Rescue capsule lowered nearly all the way down in test run at Chilean mine
La PlazaIn a test run Monday, engineers succeeded in lowering a rescue capsule almost all the way down the 2,000-foot hole through which crews plan to lift 33 trapped miners, perhaps starting late Tuesday or early Wednesday, government officials said. Chilean... -
Chile miners: The roster of the rescued at Chilean mine [UPDATED]
La PlazaThe 33 miners trapped in Chile are being brought to the surface one at a time in a special capsule. They wore dark glasses to protect against the first bright light they had seen in 69 days. The first to be rescued are: 1. Florencio Avalos, 31, the...
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