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By Melanie Curry

8:33 AM PDT on August 16, 2022

This country’s biggest financial threat is the cost of climate change (Fast Company)
The surprising oil tax included in the federal climate, er, Inflation Reduction Act (Planetizen)
- It’s a climate bill, but don’t call it one (Bloomberg)
- It relies heavily on incentives (Inside Climate News)
Infrared video shows widespread gas leaks in Los Angeles (Capital and Main)
Reevaluating the laws that prevent safe and inclusive cycling (NACTO)
CA DMV may finally force Tesla to stop calling its cars “fully self-driving” (Mercury News)
MTC launches pilot to test universal transit pass for Bay Area (Yahoo!)
Oakland plans an e-bike library (Smart Cities Dive)
Sure, build housing, but give us transit, says Mira Mesa (ABC)
More on head of NHTSA moving back to California Air Resources Board (CNBC, Detroit News)
Denver drops two freeway expansions in favor of climate-friendly transportation (CPR)

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