Climate emergency
Basics
Five Road Widening Myths That Are Delaying Climate Action
These convenient excuses help your transportation department justify widening and adding highways – but they’re dead wrong.
December 29, 2020
Phoenix Leaders Are Climate Hypocrites — And They’re Not Alone
Phoenix says it’s going to reduce greenhouse gases 90 percent by 2050, but the city’s transportation greenhouse gases have risen 1,000 pounds per person since 2014, and it’s planning to spend hundreds of millions widening freeways.
December 4, 2020
Op-Ed: To End Climate Change, We Should Question EVs – and Private Vehicle Ownership Itself
It almost seems like owning an electric vehicle is a silver bullet in the fight against climate change, but it isn’t. What we should also be focused on is whether anyone should use a private vehicle at all.
October 28, 2020
Study: We Can’t Fix Transportation-Related Climate Emissions With EVs Alone
A major shift to public transit and active modes is the only realistic answer
October 2, 2020
Electric Trucks and Buses Are Coming… Just Not Fast Enough to Save the Climate
August 31, 2020
US Cuts Car Pollution, But Less So In Poor Communities
Fine-particle air pollution has decreased across the US, but poor and minority communities are still the most polluted
July 31, 2020
Don’t Let U.S. Driving Levels Rebound After COVID-19
It's happening in China — but it's not inevitable here.
April 14, 2020
Emissions Report: Cars Are Still Our Biggest Problem
United States greenhouse gas emissions are down —but our cars are still pumping out pollution like they always have.
January 10, 2020
Red States Help U.S. Miss Climate Targets
Why can't our country solve its emissions problem? Because we are effectively two nations: A blue nation that is committed to fighting climate change, and a Trump nation that is not.
December 17, 2019
America’s SUVs Are Killing the Planet: U.N.
They're coming for your SUVs, America. Good!
November 27, 2019
