PROPS FOR PROP 2: Referendum Could Empower State’s Livable-Streets Advocates
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Do you want a Constitutional right to breathe clean air? Then vote "yes" on this ballot proposal.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Climate emergency
Kerry Warns Budget Bill Delay Will Hold Global Climate Goals Hostage
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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.
OPINION: E-Bikes Could Become a Weapon Against Climate Change
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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 fight climate change.
OPINION: Feds Must Invest in NY Subway, Not Roads, to Meet Climate Goals
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Congressional legislation does virtually nothing to encourage other Americans to reduce their carbon output like transit-dependent, cramped-apartment New Yorkers.
Reconciliation Bill Will Go Big on EVs, But Schumer’s Numbers Don’t Meet Climate Goals
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The massive reconciliation bill under consideration in Congress would fall short of achieving our greenhouse gas reduction target — and the climate wins it does achieve would come disproportionately from consumer incentives for electric vehicles, rather than by shifting drivers out of cars.
To Solve the Climate Crisis, We Need to Drive A Lot Less
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With all the gasoline vehicles still driving around for the next 15 to 20 years, EVs won’t be able to close the gap in pollution reduction fast enough.