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Commission discusses greenhouse‑gas labels for gas pumps, asks staff to draft supportive letter with implementation suggestions
Summary
The commission reviewed Supervisor John Avalos’s ordinance (Board File 141,094) to require greenhouse‑gas information labels on gas pumps, heard presentations from the sponsor, 350 Bay Area and department staff, and voted to ask staff to draft a letter of support including recommendations on concise language, enforcement, measurement and multilingual outreach.
At the request of Supervisor John Avalos, the Commission on the Environment took up discussion of Board File 141,094 on Nov. 25, an ordinance that would require service stations to post greenhouse‑gas information labels on gas pumps indicating the carbon dioxide generated per gallon of fuel.
Jeremy Pollock, legislative aide to Supervisor Avalos, described the ordinance as a transparency tool designed to connect personal fuel purchases with greenhouse‑gas emissions and said the initial ordinance could be limited to petroleum‑based gasoline and diesel. Jamie Brooks of 350 Bay Area presented the behavioral and social‑norms rationale and displayed design mockups intended to be conspicuous 'hose' hang‑tags at eye…
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