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Greta Thunberg delivers a speech to the United Nations General Assembly during its 2019 Climate Change conference.

Must Watch: Greta Thunberg Speaks Truth to Power

By Andy Bosselman | Sep 23, 2019 | 8 Comments

Today Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist castigated world leaders for offering incremental commitments to address a crisis that could have catastrophic consequences for her generation. We ask our readers to watch the video.

Pence Commits Vehicular Home-Cide

By Aaron Short | Sep 23, 2019 | 3 Comments

The Vice President enraged Michigan residents by driving his eight-car motorcade through car-free Mackinac Island Saturday.

Minneapolis Just Banned Drive-Throughs

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 9, 2019 | 17 Comments

Safer walking, cleaner air, less noise. Minneapolis hopes phasing out drive-throughs will help it meet its climate goals.

Salt Lake City May Create Free-Fare Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 8, 2019 | 8 Comments

Two mayoral candidates have plans to make transit free. And a new survey shows overwhelming public support.

A ballot measure will generate billions in transit funding for Los Angeles but getting Angelinos to use transit is another matter.

Lessons of Los Angeles’s Transit Tax: Money Isn’t Everything

By Aaron Short | Jul 31, 2019 | 4 Comments

Money isn’t everything. A new report is taking the measure of a half-cent sales-tax hike that three years ago sought to transform transit funding in Southern California — and finding that, while such a tax can be sold to the public, it is much harder to muster political support for long-term infrastructure spending. The tax […]

Clayton Homes, a 300-unit public housing complex, will be partly torn down to widen practically every highway in North Houston. Photo: Google Maps

Houston’s Highway Mega-Plan: An Environmental Justice Disaster

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 25, 2019 | 2 Comments

Thousands of Houstonians are in danger of losing their homes as the state of Texas proceeds with a massive, $7 billion plan to widen almost every highway in North and downtown Houston. Mass displacement, worsening air quality, wider segregation and more flooding are some of the outcomes experts are warning will result from the 25-mile […]

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