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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
She suggests we replace the saying “survival of the fittest” with “survival of the most symbiotic”
The Case for ... Making Low-Tech 'Dumb' Cities Instead of 'Smart' Ones
theguardian.com
Even strong legal rights are often unenforceable when renters don’t have a good “outside option” — i.e., anywhere else to go — and landlords know it. To secure renters’ rights, there needs to be enough housing supply so there are plenty of openings when individuals or families need or want to move.
To Solve the Housing Crisis, We Have to Increase the Housing Supply
jacobin.com
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