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Air Resources Board Actually Talks About the Importance of Walking, Biking
There was some traction for the idea that more focus on and investment in the role of active transportation in meeting climate change and health goals would be a good thing.
December 19, 2017
3 Policy Fixes That Could Dramatically Reduce Transportation Emissions
Changing tailpipe emissions is just one avenue to reduce carbon from transportation. Changing the amount people drive is another - and it can have a powerful effect.
December 8, 2017
USEPA Considers Allowing Dirty Trucks; CARB Fights Back
The US EPA is considering repealing a rule that prevents high-polluting, older truck engines from being repackaged and sold as “new trucks.” The California Air Resources Board charges that many of the refurbished engines in the kits are older engines that don't meet current emissions standards.
December 6, 2017
After 4 Years, Key Rule Requiring Development to Account for New Miles Driven Moves Forward
Yesterday the California Office of Planning and Research released a comprehensive update to CEQA. It marks a milestone in efforts to align transportation performance metrics with community values
November 28, 2017
A Cap-and-Trade Primer Based on California’s Experience
To help focus the conversation at the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Bonn, the Environmental Defense Fund has prepared a quick fact sheet on cap-and-trade.
November 8, 2017
Strategic Growth Council Narrows List of Potential TCC Grants
The Transformative Climate Communities grant program aims to encourage neighborhood-level plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing local economic, environmental, and health benefits to disadvantaged communities. The Strategic Growth Council will award approximately $140 million in TCC grants.
November 2, 2017
Commentary: Driving Deeper into the Climate Crisis
We need to set a new path away from a carbon-based economy rooted in extraction and exploitation to a just transition economy anchored in sustainability
November 2, 2017
U.S. DOT Gets Swept Up in Trump’s Climate Denial Binge
You have until November 6 to urge U.S. DOT to preserve climate accountability in transportation policy.
October 18, 2017
Governor Signs Bill to Bring Accountability to Regional Climate Change Plans
S.B. 150 aligns local and regional greenhouse gas reduction targets with state targets, creates a community-driven process on how to measure progress, and requires regular reports on progress, success--and challenges met along the way.
October 11, 2017
California Joins Seven Other States in Lawsuit Over Clean Transportation Rules
Eight states, California among them, filed a lawsuit this week challenging the Trump administration decision to suspend a rule that requires transportation projects to measure and report on the greenhouse gas emissions they produce.
September 22, 2017
