Today’s Headlines

8:38 AM PDT on March 24, 2023

Dire new IPCC report on climate is a "final warning" to act before it is too late (The Guardian)
Could Big Oil be sued for climate deaths, especially since they knowingly lied to the public for years? (E&E News)
Instead of climate, CA legislature focuses on quickly passing a bill on gas prices (LA Times)
CA bill to make corporations disclose their carbon footprints back for a second try (CalMatters)
In Pajaro (LA Times), in Fresno (FresnoLand): the poor are inundated and wealthy neighbors are fine
They tried to hide/drown DDT in the ocean but it didn't go away (LA Times)
SF's public transit still struggling with fallout from storms (SF Examiner)

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Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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