Today’s Headlines

• 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)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF