Monday’s Headlines
Newsom signs bill on corporate climate accountability; EJ and cap-and trade; AVs have a big trust issue; More
8:45 AM PDT on October 9, 2023
- 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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