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Monday’s Headlines

Newsom signs bill on corporate climate accountability; EJ and cap-and trade; AVs have a big trust issue; More

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  • Environmental justice and California's cap-and-trade system (Resources)
  • Governor Newsom signs many bills, among them on corporate accountability for climate emissions (PBS)
  • And another bill requiring a study on the safety of heavy vehicles (Times of San Diego)
  • AVs have a trust issue (Jalopnik)
  • BART to San Jose costs are rising (Bloomberg)
  • Air quality monitoring is getting closer to the sources of pollution (Phys.org)
  • Cities were not designed for women (Euronews)
  • Singapore charges a very big fee just to own a car there (CNN)
  • "They pay for themselves": Australian families ditch cars for e-bikes (The Guardian)
  • France embraces the "company bike" (Taipei Times)

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