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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    CA Emissions Bills

    State lawmakers are staying up late this week, wrangling last minute details on some controversial greenhouse gas regulations. Two emissions bills will be voted on by Friday night, when this year’s legislative session ends. There’s a provision in one of the bills calls for cutting gas usage on California roads in half by 2030.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 9, 2015 • 1 min read

    State lawmakers are staying up late this week, wrangling last minute details on some controversial greenhouse gas regulations. Two emissions bills will be voted on by Friday night, when this year’s legislative session ends. There’s a provision in one of the bills calls for cutting gas usage on California roads in half by 2030. And more than a few factions in the state are pushing back.

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    Women Crime Writers, and Housing LA’s Homeless
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    2. 16:46CA Emissions BillsYou’re reading this
    3. 25:23The World of Women Crime Writers
    4. 41:44U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Women Crime Writers, and Housing LA’s Homeless
    1. 0:00Making L.A.: Housing the Homeless
    2. 16:46CA Emissions BillsYou’re reading this
    3. 25:23The World of Women Crime Writers
    4. 41:44U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings
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