Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Climate Change

Your employer has to spend money to maintain your employee parking space. When you opt to bike to work instead, you save them money — so why shouldn't you share it in that windfall? Source: Shutterstock

Would You Trade Your Parking Benefit for Cash?

By Andrew Small | Mar 4, 2020 | No Comments

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Greater Greater Washington and is republished here with permission. Individual companies have long elected to allow employees to trade their parking benefits for cash, of course, but a law that requires employers to offer the swap is a new idea. And when you think about it, it’s only fair […]

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Local Leaders Can Fight Climate Change Right Now

By John Greenfield | Feb 12, 2020 | No Comments

You don't have to wait for a more planet-friendly administration in Washington if you want to curb transportation-related emissions. Here's how.

Photo of Andy Levin Via Michigan Advance. Photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez via Creative Commons.

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Advocates Question AOC and Levin’s ‘EV Freedom Bill’

By Kea Wilson | Feb 10, 2020 | No Comments

The bill would electrify American transportation and help slow climate change — but might reinforce autodependency in the process.

We don't know what the Hummer EV will look like yet, we do know we'd be terrified to see this grill coming at us in a crosswalk. Via Car and Driver.

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EV Hummer Bummer, Part I: This is Bad for the Planet

By Kea Wilson | Feb 5, 2020 | No Comments

The Hummer EV is being billed as a "quiet revolution" — and it is, but not for the reasons GMC wants you to think.

Photo of SUV gazing out over the arid hellscape of its own creation via Creative Commons.

Few Car Buyers Consider Emissions At The Dealership

By Kea Wilson | Jan 29, 2020 | No Comments

So, yes, let's disincentivize the purchase of gas guzzlers — but let's also take back the transportation narrative once and for all.

Americans favor transportation policies that would address climate change, such as increased transit and bike lanes, according to a new poll. Photo: ## http://www.greenchipstocks.com/articles/how-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-us-transportation/1228## Green Chip Stocks##

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Emissions Report: Cars Are Still Our Biggest Problem

By Kea Wilson | Jan 10, 2020 | No Comments

United States greenhouse gas emissions are down —but our cars are still pumping out pollution like they always have.

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