A proposal to direct the City Solicitor and the appropriate staff to draft an ordinance to require that gas pumps be labeled with a “purely factual and uncontroversial” environmental warning about fossil fuels’ effect on climate change

How it started

Oct 17, 2016 · Proposed by Vice Mayor Jan Devereux: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Oct 17, 2016 · Held by charter right the city's note: “CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TOOMEY”

Oct 31, 2016 · ❌ Voted down, 4–4. The request failed, and nothing goes to the City Manager. (Order failed of adoption · one absent)

View the roll call

Roll call of Oct 31, 2016 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

🚪 End of the line: the request was never made.