Interview with Melinda Hanson, Bird’s Sustainability Chief
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Hanson talks about Bird's life cycle environmental impacts, climate change, the Cruiser, and reclaiming streets
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Greenhouse Gas
Big Wonky Good News: L.A. City Adopts People-Centered Transportation Metric: “VMT” In, “LOS” Out
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VMT puts the E back into CEQA.
CA Legislators Tout Economic, Job Benefits of Climate Bills
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Yesterday, California legislators announced a package of bills that aim to show the state’s commitment to being a “climate change leader.” Standing before a backdrop of a men and women representing labor and environmental advocacy, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De Leon set out legislative goals that match those proposed by Governor Jerry Brown in his […]
CA Taking Applications for Cap-and-Trade Transit-Oriented Housing Funds
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[Update 2/11/15: the Oakland workshop is overbooked, but participants are invited to listen in via audiocast. At the time of the meeting (9:30 a.m. February 12), go to http://www.mtc.ca.gov/meetings/schedule/index.htm] [Update 2/4/15: the date of the workshop in Oakland was changed to Thursday, February 12; change is reflected below.] The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) […]
Report: CA Cap-and-Trade Program Is Up to Snuff
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Note: The original post has been edited slightly to clear up a misconception. Companies subject to the emissions cap cannot pay for the right to exceed the cap. The Environmental Defense Fund released a report this morning that says the second year of California’s cap-and-trade program is a success on several fronts. The report, “Carbon […]
San Diego Fights CA Courts for Its Highway-Happy Plan to Increase Emissions
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Despite what CA’s courts say, San Diego insists on plans to widen freeways in its 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, even if it defies the state’s ambitions to reduce climate-changing car dependency. As Eric Jaffe at CityLab wrote, the story is told in one simple chart created by opponents of the plan, which shows that it projects that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions […]