Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:27 AM PDT on August 8, 2022
- Climate crisis: Flash flood in Death Valley (Spectrum News)
- US Senate pass major climate, health, and tax reform bill (Grist, AP, NPR)
- What it means for the climate (ETF)
- Chevron refinery fire a decade ago created a new generation of activists (The Guardian)
- Public transit is in trouble – and it’s a lifeline that needs fixing (Governing)
- Using bus-mounted cameras to enforce bus-only lanes (Smart Cities Dive)
- Cargo bikes are cleaner than trucks (Cycling Utah)
- E-bikes are the better EVs (Wall Street Journal)
- Trolleys are electric too! (The Guardian)
- The deadly toll of speeding cars (LA Times)
- Tesla is lying about its vehicles’ autonomous abilities, says DMV (New York Times, Autoblog, Mashup)
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