L.A. County gets C+ from UCLA on environmental issues

The county “has a long way to go before joining the honor roll,” said UCLA’s Mark Gold, the project leader for the report.

Under the leadership of Mark Gold (Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability), Felicia Federico (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability) and Stephanie Pincetl (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) UCLA today issued the first comprehensive environmental report card for Los Angeles County. The county’s overall performance marks it as an unimpressive C+ student. This report card provides critical baseline information for the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge and informs the initiative’s goals to achieve 100% renewable energy, 100% locally sourced water, and enhanced ecosystem and human health for Los Angeles County by 2050.

Source: L.A. County gets C+ from UCLA on environmental issues UCLA Newsroom, 07 Ap 2015

Additional coverage on the first comprehensive environmental report card for Los Angeles County:

A look inside the study: UCLA gives L.A. County a C+ on the environment UCLA Newsroom, 07 Apr 2015

Summary of tweets from the #UCLAgradesLA twitter party with @UCLAioes and @LA2050 Storify.com, 07 Apr 2015