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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-11/california-cities-ban-new-gas-stations-amid-climate-change>
"Without realizing they were starting a movement in green energy policy,
leaders of a small Sonoma County city seem to have done just that when they
questioned the approval process for a new gas station — eventually halting its
development and others in the future.
“We didn’t know what we were doing, actually,” said Petaluma Councilwoman
D’Lynda Fischer, who led the charge last year to prohibit new gas stations in
the city of 60,000. “We didn’t know we were the first in the world when we
banned gas stations.”
Since Petaluma’s decision, four other cities in the Bay Area have followed
suit, and now, leaders in California’s most car-centric metropolis are hoping
to bring the climate-conscious policy to Southern California.
It opens a new front in California’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and
already is generating opposition from the fuel industry, which argues consumers
would suffer."
Via
The Fixer July 20, 2022:
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/spain-announces-free-train-services/
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
