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![Illustration of hands holding up a blue electric bike]()
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How to build a better bike-share program
When corporate owners ditched New Orleans's bike share, the community stepped up to rebuild it with a focus on equity.
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A Massachusetts law protects the right to repair your own car. Automakers are suing.
The legal battle has major implications for drivers' pocketbooks, and for the climate.
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![Photo of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle seen through industrial smokestacks.]()
Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works.
The new system follows in California’s footsteps — except when it doesn’t.
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A new EPA proposal is reigniting a debate about what counts as ‘renewable’
The agency wants more ethanol, biogas, and wood pellet power in the nation's fuel mix. But is that actually a good thing?
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Could your next car be an e-bike?
Here’s how much cash and carbon you’d save by opting for an electric bike.
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![the sun shine off a row or large solar panels in a grassy area next to a road with cars]()
![the sun shine off a row or large solar panels in a grassy area next to a road with cars]()
That empty space next to highways? Put solar panels on it.
Roadside solar fields across the country could power up to 12 million electric vehicles.
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![Governor Gavin Newsom stands next to a car holding an electric charger pointing it as though it were a gun]()
![Governor Gavin Newsom stands next to a car holding an electric charger pointing it as though it were a gun]()
How California’s initiative to fund electric vehicles went terribly wrong
Prop 30 had widespread support. Then Governor Newsom and billionaires got involved.
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US unveils $1 billion effort to electrify school buses
Electric buses are coming to nearly 400 school districts.
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UN countries adopt ‘aspirational’ net-zero goal for aviation
A new framework will require countries to buy carbon offsets if their air travel emissions keep growing.
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![I Heart NY graphic, but instead of a heart a red electric vehicle charging station is in its place]()
![I Heart NY graphic, but instead of a heart a red electric vehicle charging station is in its place]()
New York is the latest state to ban sales of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035
But if you want to buy an EV, the state is making it more affordable.
