Newsom orders 2035 phaseout of gas-powered vehicles, calls for fracking ban September 23, 2020

Los Angeles Times

“If your climate leadership does not include relief for hundreds of thousands of Californians — the majority people of color — living with oil drilling in their neighborhood, then you are not serious about climate justice,” said Martha Arguëllo, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles.

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