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In B.C., the Comox Valley Regional District and Village of Cumberland are looking to be the first local governments to ban new gas stations in Canada.

Several cities in California have now banned the construction of new gas stations, claiming this is necessary to fight climate change. Los Angeles might be the next major city to pass a ban. The [...]

LOS ANGELES — Without realizing they were starting a movement in green energy policy, leaders of a small Sonoma Valley city seem to have done just that when they questioned

Certain California cities have already halted the construction of new gas stations, and that's an effort that may be coming to the car-dependent Los Angeles area.

Bay Area cities have started banning the construction of new gas stations to combat climate change. Some lawmakers hope Los Angeles could join the movement soon.

How to solve rising gas costs? Just ban the place you buy gas!

Los Angeles announced that it's joining a growing movement of cities looking to ban the construction of new gas stations.

The city famous for its car culture could quit building fossil fuel infrastructure – and it would be the largest city to do so yet

US yachtie helps Northlands kiwi survival by helping chick hatch 1 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read American yachtie Vandy Shrader with the newly-hatched kiwi she helped out of its egg at the Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre. Photos / Supplied American yachtie Vandy Shrader with the newly-hatched kiwi she helped out of its egg at the Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre. Photos / Supplied By Mike Dinsdale Its not everyday you get involved in helping another countrys national icon su...

This is the Feb. 4, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Over the last two years, 42 California cities and counties have banned or discouraged gas hookups in new buildings. The policies vary from place to place, but the goal is to shift homes and businesses from gas furnaces and stoves — which generate planet-warming emissions — to electric alternatives such as ...