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Newsom says he'll sign corporate climate accountability bill, and CA sues oil companies over climate change impacts, lying; Small things like tax code change and parklets can help climate fight; More

By Melanie Curry

8:55 AM PDT on September 18, 2023

Photo by Joe Linton

Governor Newsom says he’ll sign corporate climate accountability bill (Sacramento Bee)
- It’s a relatively simple bill, with potentially huge national impacts (Capital and Main)
California sues major oil companies over climate impacts, lying about them (NPR, SF Chronicle)
Approvals for new oil wells in CA have “nearly” ground to a halt (Reuters)
A small tax change – making clean energy tax credits transferable – is helping drive new investments in clean energy (Grist)
Pocket parks as a climate solution (Route Fifty)
Uber made traffic terrible; robotaxis will make it even worse (SF Chronicle)
National City inaugurates free shuttle (CBS8)

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Melanie Curry

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