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7:35 AM PDT on August 3, 2022

    • Weather reports can name the role of climate change with growing certainty (NPR)
    • Don't put all the blame  for blocked climate policy on Manchin (The Nation)
    • Surprise! U.S. power companies spend a lot of money fighting clean energy (The Guardian)
    • Never mind its climate pledge: Amazon's GHG emission are rising fast (The Verge)
    • LA, SF join coalition of states, cities to defend California fuel economy standards (Spectrum)
    • Companies tell EPA to let California set clean truck rules (Ceres)
    • Federal bill to give $630 million for climate resilient transportation infrastructure in CA (Senator Padilla)
    • Santa Cruz considers studying possibilities for electric rail (Good Times)
    • This story about an underhanded way gentrifiers harass long-time residents out of their homes will make you mad (Nashville Scene)

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Melanie Curry

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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