Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:27 AM PDT on August 21, 2020

Oil industry is using your money to fight a covert, deceptive campaign against climate change policy (The Guardian)
- And they’re funding a think tank to make their research seem legit (DeSmogBlog)
The U.S. Senate transportation bill is terrible for the climate (Transportation for America)
Why disparities in transportation access matter to everyone in cities (The CityFix)
Stories convince people that climate action is needed (Grist)
Local Oakland activists working on climate change (Oaklandside)
Uber and Lyft had plenty of time to comply with the law (Endgadget)
- Court issues 11th-hour reprieve (The Verge)
- So they won’t be closing down in CA (CNET)
Governor Newsom gives last-minute convention speech highlighting climate emergency (SF Chronicle)
Smoke and COVID combine to make a Bay Area respiratory catastrophe (SF Chronicle)
Bay Area mass transit could resemble Uber or Lyft (SF Chronicle)
California deal with automakers: you want to sell cars here? Follow our rules (LA Times)
Traffic is ba-a-a-ack (Daily Bulletin)
Bipartisanship isn’t enough to make transportation bill good (Transportation for America)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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