los angeles Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:47:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Los Angeles Imposes New Regulations to Combat Coastal Pollution https://www.greenoptimistic.com/los-angeles-coastal-pollution-20130408/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/los-angeles-coastal-pollution-20130408/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:47:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35852 An initiative by local officials in Los Angeles, has an aim to reduce runoff pollution after rainfall events, while  solving the problem with depleting resources of drinking water in the region. Water pollution due to runoff has been one of the major problems in the L.A. area. Various pesticides, heavy metals, animal waste and many other polluting […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/los-angeles-coastal-pollution-20130408/feed/ 0 35852 Big Data Could Increase Power Grid Efficiency and Reliability https://www.greenoptimistic.com/big-data-could-increase-power-grid-efficiency-and-reliability-20130329/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/big-data-could-increase-power-grid-efficiency-and-reliability-20130329/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:24:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35444 Unless various departments in a certain area collaborate, it could be very difficult to see where improvements can be made to increae power grid efficiency and reliability. A recent program run by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles [UCLA] aggregated information from various sources: the latest census, land use information and utility […]

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