A.M. Greenlist: Less action, more delays

>> Who killed the electric cars, redux. In the coming years, carmakers will only need to sell about 30% of zero emissions vehicles than previously required, thanks to California's Air Resources Board's vote yesterday. CARB did set higher requirements for plug-in hybrids, however.

>> EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson now wants public comments on whether or not greenhouse gases pose a danger, despite findings by his agency's findings and a U.S. Supreme Court order to take action. "The move means there is virtually no chance the Bush administration will act to regulate greenhouse gases in response to the high court's decision in the time left in office."

>> The western states are warming faster than any other area of the U.S., according to a study by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. Car emissions play a big factor in the warming, giving more ammo to California's bid to set higher standards for car emissions. Earlier: The fight for California's tougher car emissions standards.

>> Enviro-conscious fish eaters: Make sure you have your Monterey Aquarium Seafood Watch card. Grist looks into how the card's created: "It's easy enough to make broad statements like "there aren't any fish that can be harvested sustainably." But the truth is that the health of the world's fisheries is species- and situation-specific."

>> A vegan map of Los Angeles (PDF). See where the vegan, vegan-friendly, and raw vegan restaurants are on one handy map.

>> Crescent Heights Blvd.'s a great bike connector, says Will Campbell at Metblogs LA. "It offers an adjacent alternative to gut-wrenching gridlocked bike hell bastard La Cienega Boulevard that’s like night and day, baby. Night. And. Day."