Monday’s Headlines

Climate bond will be on November ballot; Supreme Court's Chevron ruling upends climate regulations; More

By Melanie Curry

8:36 AM PDT on July 1, 2024

Chevron El Segundo Refinery. Image by Pedro Szekely

Climate bond will be on November ballot (CalMatters)
Supreme Court's Chevron decision undermines climate regulations throughout the nation (Mercury News, Grist)
Climate data hub goes unfunded (LA Times)
CA HSR environmentally cleared from Palmdale to Burbank (SF to LA) (LA Times, SF Chronicle)
What doom spiral? LA Metro ridership is increasing (LA Times)
America's biggest death cult (Darrell Owens)
Ranking the safest cities to walk in (Forbes)
No jail time for police officer who was speeding, texting at time of fatal crash (Fresno Bee)
Uber is paying (some) people to ditch their cars (The Verge, LA Times)
Northern California heat wave may bring power shutoffs (SF Chronicle)
Costco is thinking about building affordable housing (SF Gate)

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Melanie Curry

@StreetsblogCal

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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