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Fossil Fuel Energy

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Long Beach's Bubblin' Crude Could Be Worth $280 Million To City

    ​An oil field beneath Long Beach could be worth $280 million to the city over the next 10 years. It's almost as if Jed Clampett himself shot a hole in the ground near the city's port, in an area know as the Wilmington Oil Field. The projections were reported over the weekend in the Long Beach ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    September 17, 2009

    Movie Reviews: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Jennifer's Body, Love Happens

    Also, Crude, You the Living and more

  • Film+TV

    September 17, 2009

    Crude: A Sticky Situation

    Joe Berlinger’s documentary dives into the toxic battle between big oil and dying natives in Ecuador

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Pacific Energy Bankruptcy: Another Southland Domino?

    Long Beach-based Pacific Energy Resources, whose drilling explorations extend from Wyoming to offshore California to Alaska, filed for bankruptcy today. The Chapter 11 move comes amid continued economic chaos and plunging demand for oil. Only last June PE's president, Darren Katic, told an interview ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Two Local Strikes on the Horizon

    A pair of labor disputes that could have far-reaching effects on the L.A. economy are edging into the spotlight. Tomorrow morning Local 675 of the United Steelworkers of America will seek a strike sanction from the L.A. County Federation of Labor. The union, whose local and national negotiating comm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Crude Realities

    One of Anna Wintour's most significant (and profitable) contributions to Vogue, we learn in The September Issue, has been her decision to put movie stars -- rather than fashion models -- on the magazine's cover. That gives The September Issue an unintended but hardly insignificant point of connectio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Sundance Film Festival 2009: Crude Realities

    One of Anna Wintour's most significant (and profitable) contributions to Vogue, we learn in The September Issue, has been her decision to put movie stars -- rather than fashion models -- on the magazine's cover. That gives The September Issue an unintended but hardly insignificant point of connectio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    Gas Snaps Four Bucks

    Sure we've seen gas for four-and-change in Cambria and other places up the coast. But this Chevron, with the spankin' new slightly-altered logo signage, was caught in Chinatown on Sunday. The Times noted that "the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular climbed 7.7 cents to $3.685 -- th ... More >>

  • LA Life

    July 19, 2007

    Camping, but Not Really

    El Capitan Canyon — the great outdoors for pansies

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    Man-Made Reefs or Oily Eyesores?

    In a raging debate, some say Mother Nature has warmed to California’s offshore oil rigs

  • Columns

    February 1, 2007

    Fuel's Gold

    While Bush and Schwarzenegger rush to market biofuels, the fact is that not all ethanol is created equally.

  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Malibu Bad Neighbor

    A dictator in training buys his way in, as politically active superstars stay mum

  • News

    January 4, 2007

    New Year, Same Old Crap

    Only an act of God will change moneygrubbing political parties

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Voters’ Guide

    Making sense of the ballot measures L.A. City Measures:

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Voters' Guide

    Making sense of the ballot measures

  • News

    June 22, 2006

    Flights of Logic

    Enviros may sue to protect wildlife from oil

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Scandalous! A Year of Republican Treachery

    Enviros may sue to protect wildlife from oil

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    Scandalous! A Year of Republican Treachery

    Enviros may sue to protect wildlife from oil

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Outing Polluters

    Enviros may sue to protect wildlife from oil

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Bush’s Energy Disaster

    Time to park the SUVs in the White House garage

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    Enron Forgotten

    Congress may stick us with a natural-gas rip-off

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    What Did the Last Easter Islander Say as He Chopped Down the Last Tree?

    The best-selling author of Guns, Germs and Steel asks whimsical questions with grave answers. In his latest book, he turns his attention to the collapse of civilization.

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    Bush’s Watergate

    If it happens, keep your eye on Texas

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    The Voting Booth As Political Statement

    If it happens, keep your eye on Texas

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Loss and Loathing on the Cheney Trail

    The environmental destruction wrought by the vice president’s secret energy plan

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    Valhalla on a Tank of Gas

    The environmental destruction wrought by the vice president’s secret energy plan

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    The Well-Oiled Deal

    Taking away local control of refineries is a family matter

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    A Little Justice

    Come on, let’s celebrate the demise of Saddam

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Radioactive High

    Beverly Hills High family alleges radiation risk from oil wells

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    Can You Hear Them Now?

    Unlikely activists shoot down Palisades cell-phone tower

  • Columns

    June 12, 2003

    The Whole Half-Truth

    Jayson Blair was wrong, but he’s not the problem

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Good Connections

    Jayson Blair was wrong, but he’s not the problem

  • Columns

    June 5, 2003

    Progress Report: Gehry in Bloom

    Jayson Blair was wrong, but he’s not the problem

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    Letters

    Jayson Blair was wrong, but he’s not the problem

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    The Television War

    Jayson Blair was wrong, but he’s not the problem

  • Columns

    April 10, 2003

    Soldiers of Fortune 500

    Jayson Blair was wrong, but he’s not the problem

  • LA Life

    October 31, 2002

    Tee Time

    Jayson Blair was wrong, but he’s not the problem

  • Music

    August 29, 2002

    Heathen Worship

    Jayson Blair was wrong, but he’s not the problem

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    The Oil War

    UNOCAL’s once-grand plan for Afghan pipelines

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    Enron’s End

    Energy firm’s collapse raises questions about everything from deregulation to George Bush’s judgment

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    What Belmont Foes are Saying: Part 3

    Energy firm’s collapse raises questions about everything from deregulation to George Bush’s judgment

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    What Belmont Foes are Saying

    And why they're wrong

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Frequently Asked Questions About Belmont

    . . . and the answers

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Kiddie Diesel

    A cut-rate, questionable cure for school-bus pollution

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Capitol Creeps

    Now look what they’re trying to pull

  • News

    May 11, 2000

    Ignoring the Protesters

    U’wa’s next stop — Democratic Convention

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Where Is Al Gore?

    Silence on Colombia’s oil-drilling showdown irks environmentalists

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Juvenile Injustice

    Proposition 21 aims to send thousands of California teenagers to adult prisons

  • Columns

    September 23, 1999

    No Fries; Chips

    Proposition 21 aims to send thousands of California teenagers to adult prisons

  • Calendar

    May 13, 1999

    Rat Patrol

    Proposition 21 aims to send thousands of California teenagers to adult prisons

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