Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:27 AM PDT on August 2, 2022
- U.S. cities and states are suing big oil over climate change (PBS)
- Feds agree to reverse Trump-era decision to open central CA to new oil drilling (The Hill)
- Report: What oil and natural gas use really costs (VC Star)
- California still has a very long road to electrifying cars (CalMatters)
- The benefits of fare capping (Planetizen)
- Some transit news of interest (Railway Age)
- How a senator and activists hatched an ambitions plan for the future (CalBike)
- What will happen with Bolt’s abandoned e-bikes? (Electrek)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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