California towns are banning new gas stations. Big Oil is paying attention.
Raw StoryThis story was originally published by Grist. The longtime climate activist in Napa County found a flyer in his mailbox one day with a picture of a gas nozzle next to an empty wallet, along with the message “Banning gas stations = higher gas prices.” The mailer, “I believe that Napa County is the first in the U.S. to have all of the municipalities ban new gas stations,” Wilson said. For a while, activists were puzzled why they weren’t seeing more opposition to their efforts, said Woody Hastings, an environmental activist in Sonoma County who helped form the Coalition Opposing New Gas Stations. Towns across Sonoma and Napa counties have declared a “climate emergency,” and activists see the prohibition of new gas stations as one way to follow through on those words. “We have seen projects in Napa County stranded, and applicants for new gas stations strongly discouraged, because of Schools for Climate Action’s work and success,” Wilson said.
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