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![Illustrated puzzle with map of Austin, Texas, on it, with four pieces missing from the middle]()
![Illustrated puzzle with map of Austin, Texas, on it, with four pieces missing from the middle]()
Texas is skirting federal environmental law to push for highway expansion
The state department of transportation says many of its highway projects have “no significant impact.”
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![A large cargo ship on the ocean with a hill in the background]()
![A large cargo ship on the ocean with a hill in the background]()
California lawmakers are ready to decarbonize the shipping industry. The technology isn’t there yet.
Experts say getting to net-zero will require more research and government support.
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![overhead view of saleswoman showing two people an electric vehicle's charging port]()
![overhead view of saleswoman showing two people an electric vehicle's charging port]()
Americans are coming around on electric cars
More than a third said they'd consider buying or leasing an EV.
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![A busy street with cars and a biker in front of a gas station.]()
![A busy street with cars and a biker in front of a gas station.]()
The push to ban new gas stations is coming to Los Angeles
LA, the capital of car culture, could be the first big city to enact such a ban.
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![Rush hour at the intersection of the 110 and 101 freeways on June 15, 2021 in Los Angeles.]()
![Rush hour at the intersection of the 110 and 101 freeways on June 15, 2021 in Los Angeles.]()
Car tires produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show
In part because of the increasing weight of cars, toxic particles from tires are almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts.
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![three photos of children: one holding a sign, one holding a fish, and one sitting on a tree trunk]()
![three photos of children: one holding a sign, one holding a fish, and one sitting on a tree trunk]()
In Hawaii, youth are suing over climate inaction
They're targeting the state's biggest emitter, the transportation sector.
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![a man inspects a tesla electric car]()
![a man inspects a tesla electric car]()
The mental block preventing people from buying electric vehicles
A new study found people greatly underestimate how many of their daily tasks an EV could support.
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![A tanker truck crosses the Union Pacific rail line in Price Canyon, in central Utah, as it heads up Indian Canyon. This area in Price Canyon is where the proposed Uintah Basin Railway will connect with the national railway network. The Uintah Basin Railway is proposed to move crude oil, agriculture, and minerals mined in Utah’s Uintah Basin, an area with long standing freight transportation challenges. Construction of the rail line is slated for 2023-2024.]()
![A tanker truck crosses the Union Pacific rail line in Price Canyon, in central Utah, as it heads up Indian Canyon. This area in Price Canyon is where the proposed Uintah Basin Railway will connect with the national railway network. The Uintah Basin Railway is proposed to move crude oil, agriculture, and minerals mined in Utah’s Uintah Basin, an area with long standing freight transportation challenges. Construction of the rail line is slated for 2023-2024.]()
An oil train is set to destroy pristine Utah mountains. Why won’t Biden stop it?
Wildcat speculators, big oil companies, and state officials alike have been salivating over the Uinta Basin’s rich oil deposits for years.
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![Amtrak train and freight train separated by traffic barrier and no entry sign]()
![Amtrak train and freight train separated by traffic barrier and no entry sign]()
People vs. cargo: How a battle over Amtrak’s Gulf Coast line could shape the future of passenger rail
Amtrak’s plan to resume service from New Orleans ran straight into two freight companies.
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Ending the sale of gas cars by 2030 was a radical idea. What changed?
7 factors driving the switch to electric vehicles.
