A.M. Greenlist: Fuel and food

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>> Rising fuel prices have Angelenos de-car-ing. "Interest in cycling is growing, gasoline consumption is down and bus and light-rail ridership is up."

>> Check out the four latest options for the subway to the sea. Which is your favorite? One last meeting for this round happens on Monday.

>> Plan to bike to Dodger Stadium? The sole bike rack's in Lot P -- though not even the parking attendants seem to know of its existence. Damien Newton offers photographic guidance -- and a lot of constructive criticism for the stadium -- in Streetsblog LA.

>> No, the 2007 farm bill still hasn't passed. But for those who tuned out, Tom Philpott of Grist as a primer on the current version -- and possible fates -- of the current bill. As the L.A. Times reports, the bill's still high on crop subsidies.

>> Organic farming mitigates climate change, says Timothy LaSalle of the Rodale Institute, a leading organic-farming research and advocacy organization. "Synthetic fertilizer and oil-based pesticides release carbon dioxide into the air. But the organic approach, which is truly regenerative agriculture, sequesters carbon: It takes carbon out of the air and puts it back in the soil."

>> The U.S. EPA needs to regulate carbon monoxide, rules a judge. The EPA was told it needs to regulate carbon dioxide too -- but the agency appears set on shirking that responsibility until the end of the Bush administration.

Photo by Liz O. Baylen, L.A. Times

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"Rising fuel prices have Angelenos de-car-ing. "Interest in cycling is growing, gasoline consumption is down and bus and light-rail ridership is up."

I witnessed same thing when gasoline hit $3. Maybe this time it will stick.