Oil refineries in three area cities—Carson, El Segundo and Torrance—were among the top 10 emitters of greenhouse gases in 2008 in California, according to the state Air Resources Board, which just finished tabulating the toxins in the first-of-its-kind scorecard.
In third place, the BP Refinery in Carson in 2008 passed 4,570,475 metric tons of greenhouse gases.
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In case you missed it, LBReport.com’s Bill Pearl noted Saturday that Heineken USA has moved its western regional headquarters to Long Beach—consolidating outposts in Irvine and El Segundo, and bringing about 40 jobs here.
I’ll drink to that; if this happens nine more times with different companies, well, that’d be 400 jobs in Long Beach, wouldn’t [...]