Environmental News Highlights – August 21, 2024

ELECTRIC VEHICLES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICIES

Understanding the Carbon Impact of Electric Vehicle Charging ( Environment + Energy Leader)

Get the facts before supporting electric vehicles (Tribune Democrat (opinion))

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE/EQUITY

Chicago’s unique bike giveaway program is a win for mobility justice (Next City Stacker)

HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

‘Yield to Your Neighbor’ Campaign Promotes Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Brown County, WI (WTAQ-WLUK Radio)

Fairfax County’s Plan for Active Transportation (Fairfax County Government NewsCenter)

Every Boston neighborhood to get a Bluebikes station, mayor says (Boston.com)

The biking boom: Expanding bicycling in the National Capital Region (Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Think Regionally (podcast))

Corporate denial of aircraft noise pollution (Quiet Communities (opinion))