Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Today’s Headlines

Climate change won’t wait (IPCC) Supreme Court risks human survival for shortsighted ideological goals (The Hill) Did the Supreme Court gut federal power? (Planetizen) It could have been worse (Grist) Cities are left holding the bag on the environment (Bloomberg) Environmental groups, Newsom respond to Supreme Court ruling on EPA (Daily Kos) Focus on reducing […]

Streetsblog will be taking a few days off for the holiday. Take a break, take a walk, take care. We’re not doing anywhere near enough on climate change (IPCC, NY Times) The Supreme Court ruling on the EPA doesn’t mean California has to stop its climate work (CalMatters) But it sure hamstrings the federal government […]

Action to prevent climate change shouldn’t be controversial (IPCC) As feared, Supreme Court rules that EPA has no power to fight climate change (LA Times, NY Times, Endgadget) CA legislature passes controversial, sweeping energy bill for fear of shortages (LA Times) Updated: details on California budget bills (CalMatters) The only real long-term solution to high […]

Climate still needs to be the priority (IPCC) People for Bikes’ city rankings are a roadmap for improving biking (Treehugger) Global revenue from car and bike share could rise (Bloomberg) LA Metro to try land-banking as a way to prevent displacement from transit projects (Planetizen) Considerations for environmentally friendly housing at Berkeley BART (Berkeleyside) SF […]

Action on climate urgently needed now (IPCC) Details on the proposed “gas (sic) tax relief” plan (LA Times, The Hill) CalMatters breaks down the budget bill Vibrant cities need multimodal transportation (The City Fix) We were warned: Transit agencies facing a “fiscal cliff” (Governing) Pasadena transit adjusts to shortage of drivers, changes in travel patterns […]

Action on climate urgently needed now (IPCC) CARB’s climate scoping plan won’t help (EDF) Yet it is still attacked “from all sides” – including those who want to do much less (AP) Governor, legislature hammer out a deal on tax relief for Californians (not just drivers, no gas tax suspension) (CalMatters) Some people hate car-free […]