Boondoggle: Portland Takes a Step Backward
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Portland has made bold moves toward becoming a good place to get around without a car. But it's about to make a huge mistake in the Rose Quarter.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Boondoggle: N.C. Road Expansion Disaster
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It's the first of nine installments! This edition focuses on North Carolina’s plan to complete the southern half of a loop highway around Raleigh. It's a boondoggle with epic environmental repercussions.
Federal unSAFE Rollbacks Would Have Dire Consequences for Air Quality
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The federal proposal poses some very serious problems; litigation might delay them, but few want to talk about other solutions
Vancouver Unveils Boldest Climate Action Plan
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The city's plans to put U.S. regions to shame, calling for 90 percent of residents to be in walking distance of "daily needs."
Survey: Americans Want DOTs to Factor Climate Change in Their Decisions
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Should we continue to let state transportation departments spend tens of billions of dollars in federal funds each year without regard to how highway expansions contribute to climate change? Right now U.S. DOT is looking to inject some accountability into a process that has created a very carbon-intensive transportation system, and a new poll suggests most Americans […]
The New Climate Villain Is Cheap Oil
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Long-term climate prospects brightened somewhat in 2015. Pope Francis put climate care on the moral and political agenda. President Obama rejected the Keystone XL dirty-oil pipeline. Denialist heads of state were routed in Canada and Australia, and their brethren in the U.S. faced growing ridicule. To cap it off, nearly 200 nations signed the UN Paris […]