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Traffic congestion and pollution were the key drivers of the plaintiffs action, which highlighted the thousands of big rigs coming and going from the site daily and clogged surface streets and freeway lanes that would ensue. (Shutterstock / ilmarinfoto)
MORENO VALLEY, CA Litigation over a mega warehousing project in Moreno Valley that opponents said would raise pollution to staggering levels and create massive traffic jams formally ended Thursday after more than five years of legal wrangling, with the developer agreeing to a range of compromises intended to offset the environmental impacts of the 2,600-acre complex. This legal agreement shows that freight and logistics projects must, at the very least, include measures that allow residents to live and breathe in their community, said Center for Biological Diversity attorney Aruna Prabhala. As the warehouse trend accelerates, California officials need to focus on fighting the threats these huge facilities pose to our
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Alejandro Benitez demonstrates the electric leaf blower now used on the University Park Campus.
The campus is dark and sleepy at 3:30 a.m. when groundskeeper Scott Viramontez starts his workday in the landscapers’ shop at the northwest corner of USC’s University Park Campus. His three-man crew hoists backpacks with 21-pound batteries to power trimmers and weed eaters. Their work begins as it ends silently.
There are no stubborn gas motors to start, no snagged cords and no noxious fumes. By the time the Trojan community arrives on campus, the grounds are groomed clean, same as ever.
Viramontez is one of 36 longtime landscapers at the university. They’ve seen an evolution of clean-powered equipment replace gear powered by fossil fuel. The switch represented a long-term investment by the university with a remarkable result: USC’s University Park Campus has become the first campus to be certified as a “green zone” by the American Green Zone Alliance, an independent edu
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