Lefty Cities Say They Want to Fight Climate Change, but Won’t Take the Most Obvious Step to Do It

I have bad news for this feel-good caucus. Want to fight climate change? You have to fight cars. In the nation’s largest cities, cars account for about a third of greenhouse gas emissions. Nationally, transportation is now the single largest contributor to carbon emissions.

By Henry Grabar

Full Story: http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/06/14/cities_want_to_want_fight_climate_change_but_won_t_take_the_most_important.html

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From Uber drivers to Zuckerberg’s security officers, Palo Alto has an idling problem

What do Mark Zuckerberg’s private security officers and drivers of school buses, Uber cars and the many construction vehicles sitting curbside on Palo Alto’s streets have in common?

They’re all idlers — of parked vehicles. And to the dismay of many city residents, their idling vehicles spew pollutants into the air that could harm people and the environment.

Neilson Buchanan, who lives just north of downtown, said he sees idling vehicles all over town.

By JACQUELINE LEE | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group

Full Story: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/15/from-uber-drivers-to-zuckerbergs-security-officers-palo-alto-has-an-idling-problem/