Today’s Headlines

• Road fatalities spiked in first half of 2021 (USDOT)
• Community weighs in on proposed road charge for San Diego region, and golly – drivers don’t like it (CBS8)
• SF Muni under pressure to restore bus lines (ABC7)
• Everything is at stake in international climate talks (AP News)
  • Carbon markets will be argued about there (Bloomberg)
  • But it will all be empty promises, according to Schwarzenegger (Politico)
• The build environment increases heat, and poorer neighborhoods have it worse (LA Times)
• Tesla’s aggressiveness is endangering people and good government (LA Times)
• NTSB head: Tesla fans’ social media attacks are deliberate attempt to distract attention from safety issues (CNN)

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