SF Supes Urge Free Muni Passes for Poor Youth - The Bay Citizen

SF Supes Urge Free Muni Passes for Poor Youth - The Bay Citizen: "A growing number of low-income youth who depend on public transit in San Francisco are finding it harder to afford the trip to class, but a resolution introduced by Supervisor David Campos last week could pave the way toward providing free Muni passes for the rest of the school year to thousands of students who are regular Muni riders."

Californians to protest against Koch brothers in Rancho Mirage | Greenspace | Los Angeles Times

Californians to protest against Koch brothers in Rancho Mirage | Greenspace | Los Angeles Times: "Environmentalists, labor union members and liberal activists across Southern California are mounting a protest Sunday in Rancho Mirage against billionaire 'tea party' funders Charles and David Koch and their semiannual confab of conservative activists.

The brothers, who own oil refineries across the U.S., helped fund last November's Proposition 23, the failed ballot initiative to delay California's landmark global warming law, AB 32. They are major backers of groups that seek to refute scientific evidence of global climate change."

Studying Impact of ‘Superstorm’ on California - NYTimes.com

Studying Impact of ‘Superstorm’ on California - NYTimes.com: "SACRAMENTO — California faces the risk not just of devastating earthquakes but also of a catastrophic storm that could tear at the coasts, inundate the Central Valley and cause four to five times as much economic damage as a large quake, scientists and emergency planners warn."

Is climate science disinformation a crime against humanity? | Donald Brown | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Is climate science disinformation a crime against humanity? | Donald Brown | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "Although there is an important role for scepticism in science, for almost 30 years some corporations have supported a disinformation campaign about climate change science.

While it may be reasonable to be somewhat sceptical about climate change models, these untruths are not based upon reasonable scepticism but outright falsification and distortions of climate change science."

To lure new riders, Coaster and Breeze lower prices Jan. 20 - SignOnSanDiego.com

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To lure new riders, Coaster and Breeze lower prices Jan. 20 - SignOnSanDiego.com: "OCEANSIDE — As gas pump prices continue to rise, North County Transit District is preparing to roll back fares on its Coaster trains and Breeze bus system to 2007 prices."