Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Today’s Headlines

This country’s biggest financial threat is the cost of climate change (Fast Company) The surprising oil tax included in the federal climate, er, Inflation Reduction Act (Planetizen) It’s a climate bill, but don’t call it one (Bloomberg) It relies heavily on incentives (Inside Climate News) Infrared video shows widespread gas leaks in Los Angeles (Capital […]

Study: Global warming are changing ocean currents, with potentially catastrophic result (LA Times, SF Chronicle, CNN, Science Advances) With extreme weather, what will happen to public transit? (Next City) When did climate become a partisan issue? (New Yorker) Not a single Republican voted for the climate bill (The Atlantic) Governor Newsom to legislature: Act fast […]

Fake climate group was a cover for GOP operatives out to prevent federal action (Heated) CA transit agencies to receive $236 million to aid transition to zero emission vehicles (Green Car Congress) L.A. has had it with speeders (LA Times) He said it: Was Hyperloop just Elon Musk’s attempt to undermine CA high-speed rail? (Jalopnik) […]

How the heck did they get a climate bill passed? (AP, E&E) Air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions being measured and mapped at a “hyperlocal” scale (Vice) FHWA’s “Carbon Reduction Program” lets states ignore the reduction piece (Transportation For America) Why aren’t speed governors required on vehicles? (Bloomberg) Paris to become a 100% cycle city […]

Newsom urges legislature to speed up climate efforts (CalMatters) Street-level air pollution from traffic linked to higher emergency room costs (EDF) There is still hope for a tax break on e-bikes (The Verge) Money for California from federal climate bill (Mercury News) Oakland plans an e-bike library (Oaklandside) Bicyclists protest LA’s ban on selling bike […]

Replacing fossil fuels with “green energy” is just another way to wreck the environment (AP News) California’s plan to rely on ethanol and carbon capture would also wreck the environment  (LA Times) The climate bill abandoned the EV that can make the biggest difference – e-bikes, of course (Electrek) Why it took Congress so long […]