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Today’s Headlines

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By Melanie Curry

8:49 AM PDT on August 9, 2022

Replacing fossil fuels with “green energy” is just another way to wreck the environment (AP News)
California’s plan to rely on ethanol and carbon capture would also wreck the environment (LA Times)
The climate bill abandoned the EV that can make the biggest difference – e-bikes, of course (Electrek)
Why it took Congress so long to pass a climate bill (NY Times)
“Investment community” weighs financial risks of climate change (Nature)
Californians will vote whether to tax millionaires to support EVs (MA will, too, for roads and transit) (Land Line)
- Why is Lyft funding the proposition? (SF Chronicle)
Architect reveals new details for pedestrian improvements in Hollywood (Archinect)
AB 922, to streamline sustainable transportation projects, passes Assembly (Senator Scott Wiener)
Video: Could e-bikes transform cities? (FT Tech)
Six benefits of biking to work (Bike Radar)
CA to allow “submetering” to simplify tracking of EV charging (Utility Dive)
AVs are just the end of parking (Planetizen)
San Jose weighs building housing at train stations (Patch)
Truck companies hoped court would overturn A.B.5, now have to figure out how to comply (Logistics)

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