Gas

David L. Horne, Ph.D.  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Mar 31 2011

Practical Politics

Oil! Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole ... —my favorite grade school poem, “Invictus,” says.

Remembrances of youth and a different world.

That one was of danger, dodging and possibilities. This one is of earthquakes, nuclear surprises, uprisings, and oil ascending, as all or most of us are still trying to make ends meet and keep food on the table.

Nov 25 2010

Providing valuable information for electric car shoppers

Southern California Edison recently joined the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) to launch GoElectricDrive.com EDTA’s new comprehensive website that provides consumers with information about buying, owning, and driving plug-in electric vehicles.

On the new website, consumers can calculate savings, find incentives, learn about the environmental benefits of owning an electric car, and view some of the new plug-in electric vehicles available or coming soon to auto showrooms.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Oct 14 2010

What your vote means

Proposition 23 is a ballot measure that aims to suspend implementation of air pollution control law—AB 32.

In 2006, the California State Legislature and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger enacted an environmental law, AB 32, (also known as the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006) which requires greenhouse gas emissions in the state be cut to the levels that they were in 1990—(approx. 427 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) by 2020.

Sep 21 2010

Location of gas pipelines

LOS ANGELES - In the aftermath of the devastating natural gas explosion in the Bay Area, a Southern California Gas Co. official vowed to provide customers with more information on where its pipelines are located.

The statement came a day after Pacific Gas & Electric Co., owner of the pipeline that set off a massive fireball in San Bruno on Sept. 9, released maps of major pipelines in its Northern and Central California service area.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 16 2010

Is it racism?

Eric Banks, allegedly the only African American owner/operator of a RaceTrac gas station, is calling for a nation-wide boycott of the company and its parent corporation, Atlanta-based Raceway Petroleum, after he received a 90-day notice informing him that his station would be offered to a new owner, because he was “no longer the right fit.”

Banks believes the decision is nothing more than the newest chapter in Raceway’s racist treatment of its Black operators.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
Allied Integrated Marketing recently announced it is launching a new African American marketing division, Allied Moxy. The new division will create innovative campaigns that integrate publicity, promotions, digital and grassroots outreach to speak directly to the full diversity of African American consumers. Spearheading Allied Moxy are industry veterans Kim Walters and Gloria Jones. Walters will oversee national strategy from Los Angeles, while Jones will oversee regional/local strategy from Washington, D.C. Walters brings more than a decade of marketing experience working with entertainment companies such as Codeblack Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and A&E Lifetime Television, as well as consumer brands such as KIA and L.A. Gear and awards programs such as NAACP Image Awards and Soul Train Music Awards. Jones has been with Allied for five years running publicity and promotional campaigns for clients, including Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Relativity Media, and previously worked for WBDC-TV in D.C. and MTV Networks’ Nick @ Nite and TV Land.

 

Representing Los Angeles and Center Theatre Group, Tyler Edwards, a senior at the Orange County High School of the Arts, placed third at the national finals of the fifth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition (AWMC) at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre in New York City. “I am thrilled . . . I’m so glad that I took it for L.A. the first time we got up . . . that’s what we’re talking about!” said an elated Edwards following the competition. Edwards, an aspiring actor, describes the soaring, lyrical monologues found in the plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson as “very inspirational,” and said prior to the Los Angeles Regional Finals of the August Wilson competition, “I would love to share a bit of that inspiration with any audience, in hopes that they leave with more appreciation than they walked in with.”

 

Georgia
Bounce TV, the nation’s first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network for African Americans, will launch a second new original comedy series, “Uptown Comic,” on June 18, immediately after the series premiere of the just-announced sitcom “Family Time.” “Uptown Comic” is a half-hour series featuring stage and skit performances by some of the hottest up-and-coming comics in the country. The show is currently in production in front of a live studio audience at the longest-running African American comedy club in the U.S.—Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta. Actor and comedian Joe Torry (Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam) hosts. “Family Time,” a half hour situation comedy created by Bentley Kyle Evans ( “The Jamie Foxx Show,” “Martin,” “Love That Girl”) and produced by Evans and partner Trenten Gumbs is set to launch Monday, June 18, at 8 p.m. The series premiere of “Uptown Comic” will follow and be seen weekly at 8:30 p.m. (All Times Eastern.)