Today’s Headlines
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8:21 AM PDT on August 18, 2016
- NASA: July was warmest on record; “unmistakable” human impact on climate (Boston Globe)
- Sacramento’s new parking regulations aren’t popular with people used to free unlimited parking (Capital Public Radio)
- Senate releases cap-and-trade spending plan (Streetsblog) (LA Times)
(Sacramento Bee) - Lawmaker drops proposal for higher targets for electric cars (KPCC)
- Why doesn’t every city want Bus Rapid Transit? (City Metric)
- Merced reaches tax-sharing agreement so UC campus can grow (Merced Sun Star)
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