Today’s Headlines
- An Earth Day for Black lives (Heated)
- Biden administration gives CA back its power to regulate vehicle emissions (SF Chronicle)
- Biden pledges to slash greenhouse gases (Politico)
- Senators discuss transportation funding, including transit operations (Transportation for America)
- More on UC report on how to get carbon out of transportation (Green Car Congress)
- Report: Lots of jobs coming as California transitions to electric transportation (Green Car Congress)
- Newsom explores phasing out fracking permits (SF Chronicle)
- New data show widescale use of vehicle surveillance, with little connection to safety (EFF)
- The problem of traffic noise may not be intractable (Slate)
- Options for upcycling and recycling bicycle gear (Bicycle Retailer)
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