Email Author Judith Lewis

Awards

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 21, 2007

  "The Way He Lives Now"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 7, 2007

  "Chaos Control"

• 2007 - Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, published November 10, 2005

  "Green to the Core"

• 2007 - Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, published July 12, 2006

  "Who's Resurrecting the Electric Car"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published November 8, 2006

  "The Lost Streams of Los Angeles"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 10, 2005

  "Green to the Core"

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2005 Stories by Judith Lewis

• Earth to ELF: Come In, Please

  published December 22, 2005

  When the American Civil Liberties Union this week released a new batch of documents obtained from the FBI verifying that the federal... More >>

• The Greening of Ships

  published December 15, 2005

  With the arrival of the 984-foot-long “green megaship” Hatsu Sigma at the Port of Los Angeles on December 6, the shipping indust... More >>

• Polished Diamond

  published December 8, 2005

  Peter Sellars is the theater and opera director who greets complete strangers with a hug and wears bright-blue shirts to stuffy conferences... More >>

• A Long, Final Act

  published November 24, 2005

  On the last day of September, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to rewrite the Endangered Species Act, putting forth a weakened... More >>

• This Land Is My Land

  published November 24, 2005

  If you want to understand why, after more than three decades of dedicated service, the Endangered Species Act may soon be replaced with... More >>

• Green to the Core? — Part 2

  published November 10, 2005

  To read the first part of the article Green to the Core? click here.... More >>

• Green to the Core? — Part 1

  published November 10, 2005

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• Unwanted Conversation

  published October 20, 2005

  I met Lydia at the bus stop one afternoon outside Hollywood High School. An impeccably pretty 16-year-old with neatly pulled back raven... More >>

• There’s Something About Cindy

  published October 13, 2005

  She is a tall woman, with blond hair cut in a wedge. Except for her height, she is plain; there is nothing extraordinary about her small... More >>

• Should I Stay or Should I Go?

  published October 6, 2005

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• Final Flight

  published September 29, 2005

  The instant Garry George spoke I could tell something was terribly wrong. The conservation chair of the Los Angeles chapter of the... More >>

• Better Mileage On Ice

  published September 22, 2005

  In the mid-’70s, stunned into conservation by the Arab oil embargo, the state of California set efficiency standards for refrigerator... More >>

• The Smog Doctor

  published September 22, 2005

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• Waiting for the End of the World

  published September 8, 2005

  The news of New Orleans came to Burning Man’s Black Rock City in phrase-long bursts: “It’s under 30 feet of water,” said a dreadlo... More >>

• Condor Has Landed

  published August 4, 2005

  The Los Padres National Forest, say those friendly brown signs welcoming visitors to its boundaries, is “a land of many uses.” Fore... More >>

• A Creek Flows in Compton

  published August 4, 2005

  It takes a little faith to drive up to the Crystal Park Casino Hotel, on Artesia Boulevard in Compton, with the idea that... More >>

• Bio Goes Bling

  published July 21, 2005

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• Big Bird’s Slippery Slope

  published July 14, 2005

  Al Hess wants to do the right thing. After 38 years with the U.S. Forest Service, 27 of them overseeing mineral extraction in the Los... More >>

• Ruffled Feathers

  published June 30, 2005

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• Split Over Atoms

  published May 26, 2005

  Living near a nuclear reactor, Al Tschaeche wants you to know, is not as scary as it seems. A resident of Encinitas, 30 miles south of the... More >>

• Barhopping the Red Line

  published May 19, 2005

  Illustration by Mark PetersonDump the stilettos. Don the sling bag stuffed with an extra sweater. The Metro Red Line runs fast... More >>

• Clean Air vs. Cancer

  published May 12, 2005

  Just when the federal government, living large on the perceived political capital of Bush’s second term, seemed to b... More >>

• Under the Overpass

  published May 5, 2005

  It sounded like a hot tip. “They’re breaking up the first concrete in the L.A. River today,” Lewis MacAdams told me over the phone one morn... More >>

• Go Vertical, Young Green

  published April 28, 2005

  Photo by Debra DiPaoloWith each passing hour in the United States, 365 acres of open space — wilderness, countryside, farmland an... More >>

• On the Map

  published April 21, 2005

  Photo by Barbara Wampole“The city is Santa Clarita, and the river is the Santa Clara. And I’m with Friends of the Santa Clara River. D... More >>