Tuesday’s Headlines: A Mix of Strategies Edition
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We start with a hat-tip to the Wall Street Journal, then move onto other news on a slow day.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Electric Cars
Lithium Mining and the Hidden Environmental Costs of EVs
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The Green New Deal is clearly better than our carbon-based catastrophic course. But it also depends on massive amounts of lithium — and extracting it will carry a big environmental cost of its own.
KOMANOFF: Beware the EV Congestion Boomerang
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So, policymakers, be careful what you wish for when EVs are concerned: If congestion increases because of an exemption for electric vehicles, a primary benefit of congestion pricing disappears.
Four Reasons to Hold Your Applause For Automakers’ Big EV Promises
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General Motors aims to manufacture only electric vehicles by 2035 — but advocates are skeptical that the move will have much of a climate impact without a slate of accompanying policy changes.
Concerns Raised about Equity of Northeast Pollution Pact
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Will the Climate Transportation Initiative sufficiently benefit the low-income communities and people of color who have been disproportionately affected by pollution? Environmentalists are concerned it doesn't go far enough.
Study: We Can’t Fix Transportation-Related Climate Emissions With EVs Alone
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And a major shift to public transit and active modes is the only realistic answer.