The Way We’ll Live Next: Near Airports?
[From KCRW] Of the many complaints often made about airports – the lines, the body scans, the baggage fees – one you don’t hear every day is that airports aren’t close enough to our houses. After all, LAX is across the city from downtown, necessitating a well-planned shuttle ride, an expensive cab or a kind...
Industry-Backed Congressional Reps Target EPA
[From KCET] With the federal government looking for places to cut spending, Republicans in Congress seem increasingly intent on targeting climate legislation. The GOP-controlled House just last week passed a budget that would, among other things, greatly limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases. And recently, Sens. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and John...
Will Revolving Door Staffers Influence Planned Parenthood Funding?
[From KCET] With its federal funding already threatened and congressional budget negotiations still under way, Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides health care and abortions at reduced prices, faces an uncertain future. The organization came under fire last month with a House budget proposal that would have withdrawn its federal funding. Although the Senate defeated...
Reporting on money in politics
As a News21 fellow, I’m involved in a semester-long project on money in politics. As part of it, I’ll be writing regularly for KCET, an independent LA news organization. So far, I’ve covered: The strange bedfellows when it comes to opposing healthcare reform The anti-EPA congressional Republicans, and what climate change has in store for...