Tuesday’s Headlines

How Exxon twisted climate science for profit; How industrial polluters are avoiding consequences; Affordable housing is easier to build in CA; More

By Melanie Curry

8:56 AM PDT on September 19, 2023

Chevron El Segundo Refinery. Image by Pedro Szekely

How Exxon tried to twist climate science for profit (Heated)
Southern California has terrible air quality, but polluters are able to avoid consequences (LA Times)
How California is testing truck emissions (Spectrum)
State celebrates 10K EV chargers installed (California Energy Commission)
Why you should support e-bikes even if you don't ride one (CalBike)
Affordable housing should be easier than ever to build in California (CalMatters)
But there's still an acute housing shortage (LA Times)
Sacramento has been a sea of parking for years; that's beginning to change (Comstock Magazine)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

@StreetsblogCal

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.

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog California

Streetsblog California

Thursday’s Headlines

Posted from the Oakland airport. I don't have any more travel until the end of the year so we'll be on a "normal schedule" until 2026.

November 20, 2025

Streetsblog USA Podcast

Talking Headways Podcast: Emotional Consumption in China

High-speed rail has completely transformed the country. Think about that sentence: "High-speed rail has completely transformed the country." When was the last time something positive like that happened here?

November 20, 2025

San Diego

Want Vancouver Skytrain in San Diego? Support People Mover to the Airport.

Vancouver is not alone in running people movers on urban rail networks. Copenhagen built its entire 26.9-mile metro using the same technology used on a Saudi Arabian university’s APM.

Alex Wong

November 20, 2025

Streetsblog USA Highway Trust Fund

Cutting Federal Transit Funding Won’t Close Budget Gaps — But Will Make Transportation Less Affordable

The Trump administration's proposal to eliminate the mass transit account of the Highway Trust Fund would be short-sighted, ineffective, and ruinous, a new analysis finds.

November 19, 2025

Streetsblog San Francisco Vision Zero

Driver Kills Cyclist at Alemany and Naglee

Wide, high-speed street with painted bike lanes and no protection leads to inevitable outcome. This was not an accident.

November 19, 2025

Streetsblog Los Angeles Podcast

Pomona North Metro Station to get Protected Bike Connection

The two-way cycle track will run a little under two miles, and also link with bike facilities in Claremont.

November 19, 2025

See all posts