Climate Transportation
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![traffic lines up on 2nd ave in new york city]()
![traffic lines up on 2nd ave in new york city]()
How NYC’s upcoming congestion pricing program will reduce traffic — and cut carbon
A new report analyzes potential fee structures and shows how they would affect traffic, transit, and emissions.
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![Jet-A1 refuelling bowser parked under an Airbus A320 left wing.]()
![Jet-A1 refuelling bowser parked under an Airbus A320 left wing.]()
Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly
Carbon dioxide emissions aren’t the only way aviation warms the planet. Exhaust contains a host of polluting particles, from soot to nitrogen oxides.
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![Collage: circles of oil slicks, a gas station sign, a vintage car cut in half, a nose, a gas canister, and a perfume bottle]()
![Collage: circles of oil slicks, a gas station sign, a vintage car cut in half, a nose, a gas canister, and a perfume bottle]()
Saying goodbye to the dangerous, alluring scent of gasoline
Electric vehicle makers are grappling with our olfactory attachment to the fuel.
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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.
