• Climate change is an existential threat (IPCC)
  • It’s making it hard to forecast weather, flooding (AP)
  • See its effects today in Yosemite (SF Chronicle)
  • Rampant wildfires once led to a mass extinction, could happen again (LA Times)
• Bay Area air quality sucked after 4th of July (SF Chronicle)
• Cognitive overload: We are letting technology distract drivers from their job (LA Times)
• Many factors contribute to spiking traffic fatalities (Harvard Gazette)
• Bay Area draft transportation investment plan released (Bay Area Metro)
• How one unsheltered man in Stockton survives regular camp clearings (Local News Matters)
• Despite COVID rental protections, thousands face evictions (SF Chronicle)
• 15% of Americans are behind on rent (Smart Cities Dive)
• PG&E plans to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Orange County Supes say they don’t have to tell anyone what they did with COVID relief money (Voice of OC)

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• Climate change is still urgent (IPCC)
• We can’t wait any longer to deal with heat waves (Treehugger)
• High-speed rail opponents hope an inspector general will hamstring the program (CalMatters)
• HSR in Central Valley guaranteed with bond funds (Construction Dive)
• $300 million to plan for moving train tracks off Del Mar bluffs (Del Mar Times)
• Bay Area transit should benefit from state budget (Railway Age)
• What is the carbon footprint of the 4th of July? Bad air lingers (LA Times)
• Why CA’s fossil fuel divestment bill failed (Capital & Main)

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• 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 gas demand instead of prices (Slate)
• “Ban cars” doesn’t mean wipe them off the face of the earth, but we need to talk about them (Jalopnik)
• Amazon, UPS, USPS are all testing e-cargo bikes to replace vans (Electrek)
• Santa Clarita Congressional Rep Garcia tries (and fails) to stop feds from giving money to “failed” CA high-speed rail (Black Chronicle)
• LA Metro’s ambassador program aims to help riders feel safe (LA Times)

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