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# It ain’t easy being green
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/it-aint-easy-being-green-20071106/
- Published: 2007-11-06T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:50:00.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Environment, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

Sure, Santa Monica thumps its chest claiming to be as green a city as they come. Yet, pollution at the airport, notoriously dirty water off the coast, plans to remove healthy trees and a certain disdain for a bike riders group seems to prove the contrary.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Do you think Santa Monica is truly green or is it all just a bunch of propaganda?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 6, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/110607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)