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New, wider sidewalks in SF's Tenderloin; Environmental groups sue CARB over biofuels; Biden sets national climate goals; More

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  • Nonprofit trains formerly incarcerated people to work on bikes, run a business (CalMatters)
  • How to take public transit to the Rose Parade (KTLA)
  • Residents say new, wider sidewalks on Taylor St in SF's Tenderloin were "overdue" (SF Examiner)
  • San Francisco needs well-funded transit (Planetizen)
  • Environmental groups sue CARB over low-carbon fuel standards' not taking into account the environmental impacts of biofuels (KQED, Sacramento Bee, Union-Bulletin, AP)
  • CA Energy Commission says its oversight, new minimum inventory rules are helping reduce gas prices in CA (CEC)
  • CA subsidizes some of the dirtiest oil in the U.S. (Bloomberg)
  • Biden, on his way out, sets national climate goals (AP News)
  • Quebec plans to ban new gas-burning engines by 2035 (Electrek)

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