Today’s Headlines
Have a safe and fun 4th of July weekend. We'll be back on Tuesday.
- Leave the car behind when you go on vacation (The Californian)
- Imperial Valley Assemblymember Garcia's environmental bills move forward (Imperial Valley News)
- The true cost of environmental gentrification (Fusion)
- Why is Exxon pushing for a carbon tax? (Environmental Leader)
- Oil lobbyists encourage gas stations to label pumps with “cost per gallon” of cap-and-trade (Scientific American)
- Self-driving Tesla involved in fatal crash (NY Times)
- and some say the problem is that it wasn't fully autonomous (Gizmodo)
- BART, LA Metro engaged in a haiku battle—here's the roundup (AV Club)
- CalSTA head weighs in on needed Caltrans reforms (OC Register)
- In Washington state, court rules that cities must make roads safe for bicycles (Bellingham Herald)
- Oakland developer changes tone after council votes to ban coal shipments (Governing)
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