Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:47 AM PDT on June 26, 2017
- L.A. Metro approves funds for Gold Line extension (Construction Dive)
- Cap-and-trade fight heats up, just like the climate (Sacramento Bee, LA Times)
- U.S. rice farmers are earning carbon credits from cap-and-trade (Inside Climate New)
- Cars are deadlier than guns (KPBS)
- Meanwhile, car commuters in L.A. insist on their absolute right to wide, congestion-free commutes through beach cities they don’t live in (LA Times)
- Paying more for parking in Palo Alto is “absolutely outrageous” (Palo Alto Online)
- New state rep delays swearing-in so he can vote on cap-and-trade (New Yorker)
- CA bill would model electric car program on successful solar initiative (GTM)
- Group files suit against Caltrans highway widening through redwoods (Biological Diversity)
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