Wednesday’s Headlines
New NASA data shows unhealthy pollution over cities; Bill to remove human noise as an environmental impact moves forward; It's hard out there for electric bus manufacturers; More
8:45 AM PDT on August 30, 2023
- New data from NASA shows unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide over US cities (Houston Public Media)
- Building our way out of the climate crisis takes a vision (Capitol Weekly)
- State, San Bernardino reach agreement to increase housing; a warning to cities (Davis Vanguard)
- A bill to remove human noise as an environmental impact moves forward, but it will take time to play out (CalMatters)
- E-bus manufacturers have a lot of business right now, but they’re still having a tough time (Smart Cities Dive)
- There’s a market for e-vans for vanpools (Business Wire)
- Who votes in California? (PPIC)
- More details emerge on “vision” to build a new city in Solano County (KQED,
SF Chronicle)
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