Road Widening Myths That Are Delaying Climate Action
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These convenient excuses help your transportation department justify widening and adding highways – but they’re dead wrong.
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Phoenix Leaders Are Climate Hypocrites
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Phoenix says it’s going to reduce greenhouse gases 90 percent by 2050, but the city’s transportation greenhouse gases have risen 1,000 pounds per person since 2014, and it’s planning to spend hundreds of millions widening freeways.
We Should Question EVs – and Private Car Ownership Itself
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It almost seems like owning an electric vehicle is a silver bullet in the fight against climate change, but it isn’t. What we should also be focused on is whether anyone should use a private vehicle at all.
Study: EVs Can't Curb Transport Emissions Enough
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A major shift to public transit and active modes is the only realistic answer
E-Buses Won't Come Fast Enough to Save the Climate
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Massachusetts has signed a multi-state pact to make zero-emission vehicles at least 30 percent of new bus and truck sales by 2030, and 100 percent by 2050 – but there’s considerable uncertainty about whether the pledge is ambitious enough to help Massachusetts meet its latest climate goals.
US Cuts Car Pollution, But Less So In Poor Communities
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Fine-particle air pollution has decreased across the US, but poor and minority communities are still the most polluted