• Climate change is still upon us (IPCC)
• Spring comes sooner and gets warmer these days (Yale Environment)
• The “lungs of the planet” close to collapse (Grist)
• Worried? Make these minor lifestyle changes, all good! (Guardian)
• But those gas prices! (SF Gate, LA Times)
• Fix it first is important, but no one wants to require it at the federal level (Transportation for America)
• Freeways are not free (U.S. PIRG)
• GM and PG&E will test program to use electric vehicles to power the grid during outages (San Francisco Chronicle, Wall Street Journal)
• San Diego transit agency makes excess land available for housing (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Could Sepulveda Basin be a Central Park for LA? (CalMatters)

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• Climate action is still urgent (IPCC)
  • But we’d rather freak out and point fingers over the price of gas (SF Chronicle)
• Lead exposure – from gasoline and car exhaust – made us dumber (The Hill)
• Federal regulation – and funding – proposed for clean trucks and buses (Reuters, New York Times, CBS, Sacramento Bee)
• DOT proposes new vehicle safety ratings (The Verge)
• Who killed the electric mail truck? (Vice)
• Delaware adopts California’s clean vehicle standards (Transportation Today)
• Environmental groups press California for more rules to promote EVs (Reuters)
• Limiting induced demand ain’t easy in a car-loving society (Governing)
• San Francisco considers upzoning ordinances (SF Chronicle)
• Bay Area Trails Collaborative seeks to connect 2600 miles of hiking trails (SF Chronicle)

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• Good morning! We’re still not taking action fast enough on climate change (IPCC)
• Healthy, decent, affordable, sustainable housing is absolutely necessary to the climate fight (NRDC)
• Downtown Madera to get “complete streets” (Madera Tribune)
• Complete streets, smaller vehicles for a win for climate, safety, and justice (Eno Center for Transportation)
• Santa Cruz approves Regional Transportation Plan (Mass Transit)
• All the bike-friendly bills introduced in the current California session (CalBike)
• Bill would allow speed cameras (SF Chronicle)
• Santa Cruz fight over rail-or-trail may be decided by voters (Santa Cruz Local)
• What Buttigieg can actually do to approve or disapprove highway projects (Eno Center for Transportation)
• UC Berkeley will enroll all those new undergraduates after all – they will just be online (CalMatters)
  • Some background on that (CalMatters)
• It will take a constitutional amendment to fix California law letting voters veto public housing (AP News)
• Kablooie! Boulder blocking Highway 50 blown to smithereens (NBC)

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