The federal government is suing two San Francisco Bay Area cities over their right to bar gas in new buildings. Critics say the case’s legal argument is flimsy. The Trump administration is going after gas bans in two California cities. Last week, the federal government sued to block the San Francisco Bay Area’s Morgan Hill and Petaluma from prohibiting the use of fossil gas in new buildings. Both have populations of less than 60,000. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that…
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Ohio is letting the oil and gas industry put more toxic waste underground despite community concerns — even as the state defers to local opponents of clean energy. In the far reaches of Appalachian Ohio, DeepRock Disposal Solutions and other companies pump salty, hazardous waste from oil and gas fracking thousands of feet underground at high pressure. Last year, the state gave DeepRock permits to drill two more injection wells for pumping such waste underground. The new wells are slated for rural Washington County, which sits on Ohio’s southeast border.…
LAPD Successfully Defended Police Chokeholds at the Supreme Court. Now, the State and the Nation Are Paying the Price. At 2 a.m. on October 6, 1976, LAPD pulled over Adolph Lyons, a 24-year-old Black driver, for a burnt-out tail light. Four white officers, guns drawn, ordered him to spread his legs and put his hands on his head. Lyons, unarmed, did not resist. Nevertheless, an officer put him in a chokehold so tight Lyons lost consciousness. He woke up on the ground, his underwear soiled, spitting blood and dirt. The…