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By Melanie Curry

8:40 AM PST on December 14, 2022

Job numbers are growing in areas with warehouses, but they pay low wages (Fresnoland)
Active transportation can reduce emissions – if we support it (Planetizen)
Minnesota studied the economic impacts of complete streets (MN Transportation)
Mapping your neighborhood’s climate impact (NY Times)
Oil industry says: We have enough signatures to put law requiring setbacks around oil wells to a vote (Daily Kos)
- But there are many questions about those signatures (Inside Climate News)
Gig worker law gets a day in court (LA Times, SF Chronicle)
Drama at Santa Cruz public transit agency (Lookout)
Portugal, to encourage cycling, reduces import tax on bikes (Cycling Industry News)

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