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Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton

9:46 AM PST on January 26, 2023

State Supreme Court Rejects Suit Against 2018 Bay Area Funding Measure (SFChron)
OC Climate Plans Are Decades Behind (LAist)
Pasadena Committee Approves 2040 Bus Electrification (Pasadena Now)
PCH Re-Opens in Orange County (Register)
Ports of NY/NJ Overtake LB/LA As Busiest Ports (LB Biz)
Lithium Is Really Terrible for the Environment, and Demand for It Is High Because of E-Cars (Grist)
But AMTRAK Joe Continues to Push E-Cars as Solution to Environmental Woes (City Lab)
Commentary: EV Hype Overshadows Public Transit as a Climate Fix (Bloomberg)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF. National Headlines at Streetsblog USA.

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