Tag: climate
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Fighting Climate Change is Inherently Equitable
Happy Earth Day, Everyone! If we care about equity, we need to make rapid progress on climate change Equity needs to be defined by substantive outcomes, not vacuous rhetoric and elaborate process. Ultimately equity is about outcomes, not merely process. The demonstrable results a decade or two from now have to be measurably more equitable…
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Widening I-5 at the Rose Quarter will increase greenhouse gases
Adding more freeway capacity at the Rose Quarter will thousands of tons to the region’s greenhouse gas emissions If you say you believe in science, and you take climate change seriously, you can’t support spending $800 million or more to widen a freeway. SYNOPSIS: Wider freeways—including additional ramps and “auxiliary lanes”—induce additional car travel which increases…