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green issues in the cd14 council race

Posted on March 9, 2011 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

I wrote an opinion piece for patch eagle rock endorsing CD 14 councilman Huizar for re-election because he had worked on some environmental justice issues that I think are important. This was a personal column, not the opinion of UEPI…

the 710 extension game

Posted on March 9, 2011 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

I’ve written two pieces for lastreetsblog about Metro & Caltrans’ public outreach around possible extension of the 710 freeway. I think that the so-called ‘gap’ is really an opportunity to invest in transit and better streets for pedestrians & cyclists…

Tagged with: 710, caltrans, freeways, metro, sr-710, transit
Posted in Built Environment, Pollution Prevention, Streets, Transportation

how clean is the air in Eagle Rock

Posted on January 31, 2011 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

I was inspired by the great work of the Clean Up, Green Up campaign to look into data sources on air pollution and toxic releases in Eagle Rock and surrounding areas.

Tagged with: air pollution, clean up green up, Eagle Rock, occidental, righ to know, toxic release inventory
Posted in Environment, Pollution Prevention, Sustainable Oxy

Marin County Gets its First Professional Wet Cleaner

Posted on June 11, 2008 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

Peter Sinsheimer, director of UEPI’s Pollution Prevention Center, applauds the opening the first Professional Wet Cleaner in Marin County (a PPC demonstration site!), and reminds consumers to look into claims by new “environmentally-friendly” dry cleaners in the Albany TimesUnion. “Any…

Tagged with: dry cleaning, Peter Sinsheimer, uepi, wet cleaning
Posted in Pollution Prevention

Oxy Goes Green with Professional Wet Clean

Posted on February 8, 2008 by UEPI Occidental College — 1 Comment ↓

For Immediate Release Contact: Amanda Shaffer 323-259-2759; shaffer@oxy.edu Elyse Leon-Reyes 323-259-2734; eleonreyes@oxy.edu Oxy Goes Green with Professional Wet Clean Occidental makes sustainable chic as the first college in the nation to offer professional wet cleaning service to the campus community.…

California to Phase Out PERC

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Amanda Shaffer — No Comments ↓

The California Air Resources Board announced today that the chemical perchloroethylene, a solvent used in drycleaning, will be phased out in the State of California by 2008. Says UEPI’s Peter Sinsheimer of the ban, “It’s an historic day. Perc has…

Tagged with: CARB, perclorethylene, Peter Sinsheimer, wet cleaning
Posted in Pollution Prevention

Clean

Posted on May 18, 2006 by markvallianatos — 1 Comment ↓

Last week I had a suit cleaned at OK cleaners, one of the growing number of garment care businesses that use environmentally friendly commercial wet cleaning technologies rather than dry cleaning machines, which depend on a toxic solvent.

Tagged with: health, perc, perclorethylene, wet cleaning
Posted in Environment, Pollution Prevention