Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:46 AM PDT on May 17, 2019
- Senate Appropriations chair Portantino holds back housing density bill S.B. 50 (LA Times)
- CA needs to fix this problem, now (LA Times)
- CA vs. Trump I: Feds renege on promises of money for CA high-speed rail (NY Times, Capital Public Radio, LA Times)
- Mayor: Merced is stuck in the middle of that fight (Merced Sun Star)
- CA vs. Trump II: Federal threat to loosen clean car standards could lead to “extreme” measures to meet federal air quality standards (NY Times)
- California Low Carbon Fuel Standard has replaced more than 3 billion gallons of diesel with low-carbon fuels (Green Car Congress)
- Despite sharp increase in electric cars, vehicle emissions keep rising (CALmatters)
- An electric utility in Vermont is offering e-bike rebates to its customers (Bicycle Retailer)
- A timeline of escalating tariffs affecting bikes (Bicycle Retailer)
- Study: Nudging people to change behavior may lower support for larger, more effective policies to fight climate change (WITF)
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