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How an unlikely pair helped pass CA’s new climate change bills
California lawmakers narrowly passed a pair of major climate change bills this week thanks to an unlikely pair, who pushed lawmakers from working-class and Latino communities to get on board.
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenGovernor Jerry Brown gathered with lawmakers in Sacramento Wednesday to celebrate the passage of a pair of major climate change bills this week. The bills barely passed the state assembly after failing altogether last year. They passed this time thanks to an unlikely pair who pushed lawmakers from working-class, Latino and inland communities to get on board.
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