First Thing: California to ban sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles

Ban on sales by 2035 welcomed but affordability and charging infrastructure pose challenges. Plus, Texas judge overturns gun ban

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California, the largest auto market in the US, is to phase out the sale of gas cars over the next 13 years in a bold plan to combat the climate emergency and reduce emissions.

What effect could the transition have? Transportation is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions, and swift uptake of zero-emission cars could save 110,000 American lives, $1.2tn in public health costs and reduce emissions by 92% by 2050.

Strict gender-based roles. Adrian Reimers, a Catholic theological critic and early member of the People of Praise who was dismissed in 1985, has said men in the group were quietly taught by their heads and leaders not to change or rinse out diapers" and that women's emotions were distrusted".