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This heat is not normal; Who gets arrested for climate crimes? Driverless vehicle developers say "humans are terrible drivers" but are AVs so great? More

8:47 AM PDT on July 18, 2023

This image, courtesy Yosemite National Park, was taken in May. Feel any cooler?

  • This heat is not "normal" (LA Times)
  • Who gets arrested for climate crimes? (Hint: Not the perpetrators) (Heated)
  • All this heat, and they are still digging Tioga out of the snow (Mercury News)
  • What happens when cities make car-free streets? They profit$ (World Crunch)
  • AV developers say "humans are terrible drivers." Pshaw (Slate)
  • Santa Monica is testing automatic camera enforcement for bus lanes (KTLA)
  • Sacramento can become more pedestrian and bike-friendly (SacTown Magazine)
  • Can we live close to our friends? (Bloomberg)
  • Hydrogen is too expensive (GovTech)
  • How the drought increased carbon emissions (Grist)

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