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By Melanie Curry

9:01 AM PDT on August 2, 2016

Pollution hits low-income communities the hardest (Capitol Weekly)
Reports on the death of cap-and-trade have been greatly exaggerated (Carbon Pulse)
Californians bought more electric cars in June than the rest of the US combined (Christian Science Monitor)
Redwoods curb global warming, but California won’t invest in them (Mercury News)
Transportation sales tax measure in Ventura County gets a committee (VC Star)
Los Angeles isn’t a suburb, and we should stop planning it like one (LA Times)
The bicycle problem that nearly broke mathematics (Scientific American)
Should a bike-share ride cost the same as a bus? (Next City)
Your personal fitness data is being used in surprising ways (Outside)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

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