Nov 15, 2006

The film and television industry emits a whopping 140, 000 tons a year emissions

LA Times: Hollywood is creating a film of a different kind over Greater Los Angeles: smog, soot and greenhouse gases, according to a UCLA report due out today. The report found that the film and television industry emits a whopping 140,000 tons a year of ozone and diesel particulate pollutant emissions from trucks, generators, special effects earthquakes and fires, demolition of sets with dynamite and other sources. "Given the importance of the movie and TV industry in Southern ... Link (VIA -EcologicalInternet.org (Dr. Glen Barry)