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)

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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.

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