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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Issues Executive Order to Waive All-Electric Building Requirement for Rebuilding After Los Angeles Wildfires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued Emergency Executive Order No. 1, entitled “Return and Rebuild,” in response to the ...
Los Angeles Offers a Wildfire Climate Exception for Rebuilding
Mayor Bass suspends electric building codes, but only for homes that burned down.
It's Not True Half of LA Fire Trucks Are Electric or Take 10 Hours To Recharge
A rumor that half of LA's fire trucks are electric and they have to go back to the firehouse to recharge every eight to ten hours is circulating online. For example, the America's Last Line of Defense ...
Opinion
Column: The Los Angeles fires are no excuse to slow down on clean energy
That is a terrible idea, full stop. Lawmakers shouldn’t use the fires as an excuse to slow down on clean energy — not when scientists say humanity must slash emissions much faster to keep the climate ...
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Los Angeles Offers a Wildfire Climate Exception for Rebuilding
Look no further than Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s decision to suspend her city’s “all electric” building code—but only for homes rebuilt after the fires. The City Council in late 2022 ...