KOMANOFF: Blame Republicans, Not Democrats, for Less-Than-Robust Climate Bill
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Our regular contributor goes after Post columnist Nicole Gelinas for recently suggesting that Democrats bear all the blame for climate change.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Climate emergency
STREETSBLOG USA Talking Headways Podcast: Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities
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Why trees are social creatures and how they can help us save the planet.
STREETSBLOG USA What The Proposed GHG Rule Will (And Won’t) Do for the Climate
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Federal regulators want local governments to track transportation sector emissions — but they can't do much to force communities to reduce those emissions, never mind doing so in ways that would address the other damages of car dependency, experts say.
ANALYSIS: So Should We All Be Deflating Our Neighbors’ SUV Tires?
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Secretive activists are deflating SUV tires to physically force their drivers to find less dangerous and polluting ways to get around — and it's prompting a conversation about the role of illegal direct action in the movement to end car dependence.
OPINION: Here’s How the Council Will ‘Stop the Chop’ in New York
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A council member from Brooklyn offers a common-sense bill to curtail helicopter havoc.
Study: Cycling is 10x More Important Than E-Cars to Get to Net Zero
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"We found that emissions from cycling can be more than 30 times lower than driving a fossil fuel car, and about 10 times lower than driving an electric one."