Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Climate Change

U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry. Image: U.S. Mission Geneva, CC

Centrist Stonewall Holds Global Climate Goals Hostage

By Kea Wilson | Oct 18, 2021 | No Comments

Centrist bickering over the size of the Democrats' budget reconciliation will have dire consequences for key international climate goals, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry warns — and sustainable transportation priorities will be dealt a particularly hard blow.

Talking Headways Podcast: Asphalt – A History

By Jeff Wood | Oct 14, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Kenneth O’Reilly to talk about his book "Asphalt: A History." We chat about, um, asphalt (which is actually fascinating!).

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California Goes Really Big on EVs

By Melanie Curry | Oct 1, 2021 | No Comments

Lots of excitement, but also a sober reminder that ZEVs alone will not solve climate or congestion

OPINION: On Climate, Look to E-bikes

By John Stout | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

Concerns about climate change have never been higher, and every year is becoming worse. Following a summer filled with devastating hurricanes in the South, deadly flooding in the Northeast and raging wildfires in the West, it’s clearer than ever that we need to do everything in our power to mitigate our country’s impact on the […]

Talking Headways Podcast: What We Can Do To Depave Cities

By Jeff Wood | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

This week on the podcast, we're joined by Mary Pat McGuire, associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois. McGuire talks with us about what happens to water after it hits the pavement, the damaging environmental effects of covering cities in pavement, and steps we can take to reduce runoff in green cities.

Biden’s ‘Heat Island’ Strategy Ignores Cars

By Kea Wilson | Sep 20, 2021 | No Comments

President Biden says he's taking action to cool deadly urban heat islands, but it's not enough because ... cars.

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