Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:36 AM PDT on July 5, 2022
- Climate change won’t wait (IPCC)
- Supreme Court risks human survival for shortsighted ideological goals (The Hill)
- Did the Supreme Court gut federal power? (Planetizen)
- It could have been worse (Grist)
- Cities are left holding the bag on the environment (Bloomberg)
- Environmental groups, Newsom respond to Supreme Court ruling on EPA (Daily Kos)
- Focus on reducing gas demand instead of prices (Slate)
- “Ban cars” doesn’t mean wipe them off the face of the earth, but we need to talk about them (Jalopnik)
- Amazon, UPS, USPS are all testing e-cargo bikes to replace vans (Electrek)
- Santa Clarita Congressional Rep Garcia tries (and fails) to stop feds from giving money to “failed” CA high-speed rail (Black Chronicle)
- LA Metro’s ambassador program aims to help riders feel safe (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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