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Newsom Names GM CEO Mary Barra as Villain in Fight with Feds over Air Quality

As the state battles the feds over EV funding, mandates, and rebates car company executives make good rhetorical foils. But they can't be held responsible for the state's shortcomings.

September 25, 2025

Congress Declares War on State’s Clean Air Efforts

California's emission and truck standards are the most recent federal targets.

May 1, 2025

California And Ten Other Friends Go to Battle with Trump Over EV’s

The plaintiffs in the suit are California, Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

June 13, 2025

CA Approves $1.1 Billion in Transportation Grants, Including Zero-Emission Transit

“We are pleased to partner with Caltrans to enhance the economic competitiveness of our state and make commuting more affordable, while protecting our environment,” said California Transportation Commission Chair Darnell Grisby.

December 11, 2025

New Legislation Would Ask Voters to Approve $20 Billion Bond for Transit and Active Transportation

Last week, newly-elected Assemblymember Nick Shultz introduced Assembly Bill 939, which would place a bond on the November 3, 2026 statewide ballot to fund sustainable transportation throughout California.

February 25, 2025

Republican’s Demagogue on Suspending Gas Tax and Climate Fuel Rules — Again

Once every four years, the idea of pausing the gas tax emerges from its cave before being sent back to the shadows.

February 25, 2026

Op/Ed: California’s Momentum on Transportation Emission Reductions Stops Here?

California policymakers have a number of tools at their disposal to help address the weakening of the very climate policies they put in place.

June 12, 2025

Highway to Hell: Fed Infrastructure Funding, Even Under Biden, Has Been Terrible for the Environment

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was bad for the climate. Wait 'til you see the Unipartisan version.

November 13, 2024

Padilla, Schiff Lead Effort to Stop Republican Rollback of California’s Emissions Laws

“If you choose to go forward and overrule the Parliamentarian, just know: there’s no going back. All bets are off.”

May 14, 2025

OMG: Is V2X Finally RTG? NSF!

An automobile trade group working with the federal government wants to install a new technology into every vehicle, smartphone, and highway crossings to make roads safer. What could go wrong? 

August 22, 2024

Sustainable Transit Advocates Unite for Harris-Walz — And Against Trump’s Embrace of Fossil Fuel

"Train Lovers for Harris/Walz," the latest group to formed to boost Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

August 13, 2024

StreetSmart Episode 8: Greenlining Institute’s Hana Creger

Do you want to start winning? Creger recommends better messaging.

June 11, 2025

StreetSmart Ep.1: Explaining the CTC with Jeanie Ward-Waller

We booked a Streetsblog Celebrity for the first episode.

January 28, 2025

StreetSmart Episode 2: The State of Transit Funding with Juan Matute

Juan has some ideas what the state can do to improve transit in the second Trump presidency that doesn't require billions and billions of dollars.

February 4, 2025

California Needs Leadership on Electric Rail

California leaders cannot continue giving equal weight to a proven technology that will improve rail service (catenary electric trains) and a wasteful experimental technology (hydrogen trains) that could lead to worse service and reliability than the status quo.

July 6, 2023

New Federal Report Finds Most U.S. Communities Are Clueless About Their Transport Emissions

The Biden Administration set a goal to get America to net zero by 2050. But when it comes to U.S. transportation, most American communities have no idea where they're even starting from.

August 14, 2023