Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:49 AM PST on January 22, 2021
- Fatigue, burnout, exhaustion: we ask a lot of hospital staffs (LA Daily News)
- Emissions went down during pandemic–except for SUVs. Emissions from SUVs have gone up (NPR)
- Electric bikes may soon outsell cars in Europe (Electrek)
- CA Rep McCarthy, after thinking on it, now says Trump did not incite the mob at the Capitol (LA Times)
- No, 10,000 jobs did not evaporate with the end of the Keystone Pipeline. The fight against climate disinformation will be exhausting (Heated)
- Pete Buttigieg shines in confirmation hearing for Secretary of Transportation (clip: C-Span)
- But raise the damn gas tax already (Jalopnik)
- A carbon tax is not impossible, either (CNBC)
- Net zero buildings can save money, but developers may not be on board (Planetizen)
- What Biden can do to bridge urban-rural divide (The Conversation)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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