Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Climate Change

Advocates Demand Global Leaders Increase Bike Mode Share

By Kea Wilson | Nov 4, 2021 | No Comments

Sustainable transportation advocates are urging world leaders at COP26 to commit to a global goal to increase cycling mode share — because if they don't, there is "no conceivable way" for them to meet the summit's climate goals.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has been driving many of the cuts in the Build Back Better Act. Image: Third Way

What's In (And What's Out Of) the New Biden Bill

By Kea Wilson | Nov 2, 2021 | No Comments

Most programs favored by sustainable transportation advocates have survived negotiations over the massive social infrastructure package that's held up the country's transportation ambitions for months — though a few of them have gotten a little skinnier.

U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry. Image: U.S. Mission Geneva, CC

Centrist Stonewall Holds Global Climate Goals Hostage

By Kea Wilson | Oct 18, 2021 | No Comments

Centrist bickering over the size of the Democrats' budget reconciliation will have dire consequences for key international climate goals, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry warns — and sustainable transportation priorities will be dealt a particularly hard blow.

Talking Headways Podcast: Asphalt – A History

By Jeff Wood | Oct 14, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Kenneth O’Reilly to talk about his book "Asphalt: A History." We chat about, um, asphalt (which is actually fascinating!).

California Goes Really Big on EVs

By Melanie Curry | Oct 1, 2021 | No Comments

Lots of excitement, but also a sober reminder that ZEVs alone will not solve climate or congestion

OPINION: On Climate, Look to E-bikes

By John Stout | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

Concerns about climate change have never been higher, and every year is becoming worse. Following a summer filled with devastating hurricanes in the South, deadly flooding in the Northeast and raging wildfires in the West, it’s clearer than ever that we need to do everything in our power to mitigate our country’s impact on the […]

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