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COP28 is a fossil fuel lobby party; Santa Clarita Transit bus drivers vote to end 2-month strike; Leaders celebrate new express lanes in OC; AV pods are really pushing it; More

By Melanie Curry

8:47 AM PST on December 4, 2023

COP28 is a party for fossil fuel lobbyists (Heated)
LA Councilmember Park has been removing sanitation programs set up for unhoused people (LA Public Press)
Port of Long Beach debuts zero-emission cargo handling (Hellenic Shipping News)
Santa Clarita Transit bus drivers vote to end two-month-long strike (ABC7)
OC leaders celebrate new 405 express lanes and a “faster future” (OC Register)
Are those express lanes really the last of LA’s massive freeway building? (LA Times)
San Jose conference pushes autonomous pod cars as “the future of transit” (SF Gate)
- But bikes are already here (LA Times)
Comparing CA to TX gas tax payments – maybe CA is seeing some progress? (Eno)
Europe does not want US-built trucks (Transport & Environment)
New California rules are crushing rooftop solar industry (KPBS)
Got PG&E? you’ll be paying more come January (Capital and Main)
New state laws going into effect on January 1 (SF Chronicle)

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