A.M. Greenlist: Angelenos want more bikeways, less freeways

>> At Metro's public meeting, Angelenos said they want better bikeways and sidewalks, not wider freeways, according to Streetsblog LA: "Perhaps Metro will reconsider it’s plan to sink just over 30% of its budget into highway capacity expansion and recommit that money to the transit and other alternative transportation projects that will really make a difference to L.A. County." Get your two cents in; attend one of the remaining meetings.

>> Remember that huge recall of 143 million pounds of beef produced by a Chino slaughterhouse? Under pressure from the food industry, the USDA's considering holding back the names of retailers in meat recalls. "Had such a rule been in place last month, consumers would not have been told if their supermarkets sold meat from the Chino slaughterhouse that triggered the biggest beef recall in U.S. history."

>> SoCal's getting two new huge solar energy projects: Southern California Edison's planning a gigantic rooftop solar installation project, and FPL Energy's planning a 250-megawatt solar plant in the Mojave Desert.

The New York Times has put together a big "Business of Green" section. Some highlights:

>> A quest for green fuels "from sources that remove more greenhouse gas than they produce."

>> Green houses that produce more energy that they use.

>> Individuals are seriously greening their homes, sometimes even getting negative electricity bills.