Colorado students are expected to gather at the State Capitol today, joining a global climate youth strike. Students will also march to a Chase bank location, to urge the company to divest fossil-fuel holdings they said are aiding Russia s war in Ukraine. Madeline Pierce, a sophomore at Cherry Creek High School and the event s organizer, said young people understand it is going to take more than recycling and biking to school to avert the most catastrophic impacts of a warming planet. .
California only got a "D" grade on this year s Environmental Scorecard, a report card put out each year since 1973 by the nonprofit California Environmental Voters. The low score mostly comes from inaction on the many climate bills that stalled in the state Senate, even though Democrats have a supermajority. Mary Creasman, CEO of California Environmental Voters, said many Democratic lawmakers talk a good game but then vote to delay climate action. .
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Los Angeles has temporarily halted towing and placing boots on cars that have more than five unpaid tickets, a practice long decried by social justice advocates.