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Today’s Headlines

8:43 AM PDT on August 5, 2019

    • Are shared e-scooters good for the planet? (The Conversation)
    • In the U.K., drivers who kill while using a phone will face life sentences (The Telegraph)
    • How humans behave in public areas (The Guardian)
    • How much parking? Too much parking (Strong Towns)
    • San Bruno rejected a housing project, but state says: not so fast (SF Chronicle)
    • Sue the Suburbs enforces housing law in cities that reject housing (Mercury News)
    • CARB proposes changes to Tropical Forest Standard (carbon offsets) (Environmental Defense Fund)
    • We burn, then rebuild: why California's wildfire "policy" doesn't work (Mother Jones)

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