Today’s Headlines
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8:20 AM PDT on July 15, 2022
- Climate change is raising temperatures (IPCC)
- Heat is deadlier than people realize (Outside)
- UCLA is tracking heat waves
- U.N.: Governments are choosing economics over everything else, with dread consequences for humans (Grist)
- Meanwhile emissions are very costly to the global economy (Washington Post)
- Air regulators created a system to let industry pollute more (Capital & Main)
- Three public representatives on Central Valley air district advisory committee resign in protest over inaction (Fresno Bee)
- Racial justice, pedestrian safety concerns fuel jaywalking debates (Pew)
- E-bikes are changing the way people ride – and planning should keep up (BikePortland)
- Appeals court could revive Uber suit against CA employment law (Reuters)
- CA should stop expanding freeways, here’s why (California Bicycle Coalition)
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