Today’s Headlines
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8:52 AM PDT on July 27, 2017
- Cap-and-Trade:
- Brown signs pollution regulation bill, companion to cap-and-trade deal (LA Times)
- Businesses spent lots in the lead-up to vote (E&E News)
- A breakdown of cap-and-trade from an environmental justice perspective (Medium)
- Deal unfair to Central Valley–where peeps gotta drive (Modesto Bee)
- New York Times marvels at California climate change policies
- Why cap-and-trade rather than carbon tax (GreenBiz)
- Google Maps is already producing what the air regulation bill calls for: block-by-block air quality maps (Tech Crunch)
- Paratransit leaves drivers broke, riders stranded (East Bay Express)
- Development at BART stations slows to a crawl (San Francisco Business Times)
- Alameda adds bike safety lessons to P.E. classes (East Bay Times)
- Small daily ridership at Metrolink station shrinks when parking fee implemented (Daily Bulletin)
- Orange County continues to expand 405, despite research saying it won’t reduce congestion (LongBeachize)
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