Today’s Headlines

8:41 AM PDT on April 14, 2023

Climate change is a math problem (Rolling Stone)
Businesses are facing increasing pressure from investors to act on climate change (NPR)
Is the opposition to solar and wind projects really "grassroots"? (Canary Media)
EPA says Americans could save $trillions on gas under its emissions plan (NPR)
Highway 1 is closed in several spots.... so, perfect time for a bike trip - though this LA Times story misses that point
CA to get $2 billion for transit projects from "largest ever" annual federal investment (KTLA)
CA transit agencies are asking state for $6 billion (SF Chronicle)
Orange County studies a new route for coastal tracks (Spectrum)
Months later, officials release map of where they think toxic emissions from a refinery in Martinez may have spread (SF Chronicle)
Oil speculation in Senegal brought desperation, poverty - not riches (AP)
Yeah, but: Crime rates in SF are actually declining (LA Times)
Tesla refuses to talk about racism charges against it (SF Chronicle, LA Times, Tech Crunch)
A bike with square wheels - and it works (Design Boom)

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Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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