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The transport sector is the largest contributor to U.S. emissions and a major cause of global climate change. Focusing on electric cars and trucks is unlikely to quickly reduce emissions and fails to account for the resource intensity of car manufacturing, noncarbon pollution produced by vehicles, and the unsustainable land uses car dependence produces.

What the Inflation Reduction Act Will — And Not Do — For Sustainable Transportation

Yonah Freemark

States regulate the creation of LLCs, and thus, should pass laws requiring the disclosure of beneficial owners for LLCs. The District of Columbia has laws on the books requiring LLCs with rental property interests to disclose beneficial owners, and other states should follow suit. The murky ownership of corporate rentals makes it difficult for tenants and local governments alike to identify who is responsible for fixing problems in a property, and states have the power to bring transparency to current ownership.

Investor Home Purchases and the Rising Threat to Owners and Renters: Tales From 3 Cities - Nowak Metro Finance Lab

Bruce Katz and Emily Dowdal

Too often, utility and weatherization assistance programs offered by utility companies and government entities explicitly exclude mobile home residents, which should be changed immediately. And mobile homes, which are functionally immobile despite their name, could be reclassified as real property instead of personal property, opening up lines of credit that would enable residents to finance ongoing maintenance and weatherization improvements.

Mobile Homes Have a Major Climate Change Problem

Lora Phillips and Melissa Guardaro

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