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Covering the movement to end car dependency and improve biking, walking and transit in America.

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Kea Wilson is Senior Editor for Streetsblog USA. She has more than a dozen years experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She lives in St. Louis, MO. For tips, submissions, and general questions, reach out ther at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org,</a> on X at <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea,</a> or on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social">@keawilson.bsky.social.</a>

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Kea Wilson

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Climate Change

Study: Suburban Living the Worst for Carbon Emissions

Ethan Goffman

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Air Quality

Multi-State Climate Plan Fails To Please All Advocates

Coby Lefkowitz is the author of <a href="http://buildingoptimism.substack.com">Building Optimism.</a>

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Coby Lefkowitz

Electric Car Chargers

15 Minute Cities

Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us

Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

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Charles Komanoff

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Lithium Mining: The Hidden Environmental Cost of EVs

Gregory Quetin

Cars

Five Road Widening Myths That Are Delaying Climate Action

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Joe Cortright

Phoenix Highway

Car culture

Phoenix Leaders Are Climate Hypocrites — And They’re Not Alone

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Op-Ed: To End Climate Change, We Should Question EVs – and Private Vehicle Ownership Itself

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Study: We Can’t Fix Transportation-Related Climate Emissions With EVs Alone

Christian MilNeil is the editor of Streetsblog MASS.

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Christian MilNeil

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Electric Trucks and Buses Are Coming… Just Not Fast Enough to Save the Climate

Smog Road Bike

US Cuts Car Pollution, But Less So In Poor Communities