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Talking Headways Podcast: The Heat is On
This week we’re joined by Dr. V. Kelly Turner, director of urban environment research at UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation, to talk about how to think differently about urban heat, how to measure it properly, and how to regulate it.
August 8, 2021
Study: Suburban Living is the Worst for Carbon Emissions
Does a city dweller who eats at trendy restaurants every night generate more carbon emissions than a suburbanite with a backyard garden? The answer might surprise you.
July 12, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: Drowning in Denial Edition
The only story yesterday was the flash flooding the crippled the city ... and Eric Adams's reaction to it. Plus the other news (yes, there was some).
July 9, 2021
Multi-State Climate Plan Fails To Please All Advocates
July 6, 2021
DEEP DIVE: Here’s Why Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us
June 19, 2021
Not So FAST: Senate Transport Bill Causes Pileup for White House Climate Goals
A Senate proposal to shovel hundreds of billions of dollars into new freeways will wipe out the Biden administration’s goal of halving carbon emissions by 2030.
May 27, 2021
FROM DC: The GOP’s Smaller Infrastructure Bill Goes All-In On Cars
April 22, 2021
How to Electrify the Nation’s School Buses
It will take forever to electrify our transit systems, but yellow school buses could be switched over within the decade, a new report says.
February 13, 2021
Lithium Mining and the Hidden Environmental Costs of EVs
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.
February 9, 2021
DECISION 2021: Andrew Yang Answers Streetsblog’s Candidate Questionnaire
How does the entrepreneur compare with his rivals on street safety? And where are the answers of Ray McGuire? Inquiring minds want to know!
February 5, 2021
