Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Today’s Headlines

Climate crisis: Flash flood in Death Valley (Spectrum News) Fire (CNN) Fire killing fish in the river (AP) US Senate pass major climate, health, and tax reform bill (Grist, AP, NPR) What it means for the climate (ETF) Chevron refinery fire a decade ago created a new generation of activists (The Guardian) Public transit is […]

It’s time for each one of us to declare a climate emergency and take action (The Guardian) TV weather forecasters have been targeted for telling the truth (The Guardian) Republican districts are getting the most in clean energy investments – especially CA Congressman Kevin McCarthy (Bloomberg) The real roadblock to climate action is red tape […]

Feds may require states to set transportation GHG emission reduction goals (Governing) U.S. transit systems are crumbling (Route Fifty) Hundreds of e-bikes abandoned in Richmond (Mercury News) As state shelter program shuts down, residents wonder what’s next (KQED) Lessons on congestion pricing from Singapore (Centre for Cities) In Richmond, a nonprofit retrofits abandoned homes into […]

Weather reports can name the role of climate change with growing certainty (NPR) Don’t put all the blame  for blocked climate policy on Manchin (The Nation) Surprise! U.S. power companies spend a lot of money fighting clean energy (The Guardian) Never mind its climate pledge: Amazon’s GHG emission are rising fast (The Verge) LA, SF […]

U.S. cities and states are suing big oil over climate change (PBS) Feds agree to reverse Trump-era decision to open central CA to new oil drilling (The Hill) Report: What oil and natural gas use really costs (VC Star) California still has a very long road to electrifying cars (CalMatters) The benefits of fare capping […]

Climate change (IPCC) is really expensive (NBC4) CA doesn’t include methane leaks in its GHG inventory (The Hill) CA legislature is back in session (CalMatters) A bill, with some money, aims to help people feel safe enough to ride transit (CalMatters) Manchin’s “climate compromise” doubles down on car culture (Vice) And offers peanuts for transit […]