A Look at the Green New Deal’s Clean Transportation Goals and How to Achieve Them

February 15, 2019

Greentech Media By Emma Foerhinger Merchant Though scant on details of what a transportation overhaul might look like, the Green New Deal — really a framework designed to generate more specific policy proposals — has already caused a partisan stir around…
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California Must Address a Statewide Latino Physician Shortage

February 13, 2019

California Health Report By Sonja Diaz, Jeffrey Reynoso and Anthony Galace Despite California’s leadership in expanding health coverage to a record number of Californians, we have a crisis that hardly anyone is addressing: Our state still fails to provide the…
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My Turn: Self-Driving Cars Must Not Leave the Rest of Us Behind

February 8, 2019

CalMatters By Alvaro Sanchez and Susan Shaheen Starry-eyed predictions aside, critical issues are missing from the discussion about how self-driving cars will revolutionize  transportation. Low-income Californians cannot lift themselves out of poverty if they lack reliable transportation. Without it, they…
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Self-Driving Cars Need to be Steered in a Climate-Smart Direction

February 7, 2019

Union of Concerned Scientists By Don Anair The roving autonomous vehicles on the streets of San Francisco are one of the frequent reminders on my daily commute that our transportation system is changing. But will self-driving cars be good or…
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Electric Vehicle Advocates Say Newsom’s Budget Falls Short on Clean Transportation Funding

February 7, 2019

Politico Pro By Colby Bermel SACRAMENTO — Electric vehicle advocates warned this week that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal lacks sufficient funding for their efforts and called on state lawmakers to find more money to support clean transportation. Presenting to…
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Orson Aguilar to Transition Out of Role as Greenlining Institute’s President at the End of April

February 7, 2019

Aguilar Spent 20 Years with Greenlining; Organization Begins National Search for New Leader Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – The Greenlining Institute’s Board of Directors announces that after nearly two decades with…
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Medicine won’t be able to progress until it surrounds itself with women of color

February 5, 2019

As a woman of color in medicine, I rarely see women who look like me in my medical school faculty. The Tempest By Bernadette Lim When I first applied to medical school, I came in with a simple intention: to…
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Will Self-Driving Cars Take Us to Utopia or Urban Hell?

January 27, 2019

Truthout By Mike Ludwig Despite public trepidation, self-driving cars are now debuting in San Francisco and Phoenix, Arizona. These robot taxis are required to have human backup drivers for now, but “autonomous vehicle” technology is quickly improving as major corporations such as Uber,…
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Autonomous Vehicles Will Lead to More Traffic, Pollution, Sprawl — Unless We Act Now, Study Says

January 23, 2019

The Mercury News By Erin Baldassari In one version of our autonomous vehicle future, the wealthy have driverless cars that double as offices, hotels or entertainment centers, whisking them to their destinations on-demand, while the working class live far from city…
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How Driverless Cars Could Work for Good Instead of Evil

January 23, 2019

Grist By Nathanael Johnson Our gas-guzzling car culture is about to change forever, but not necessarily for good. The shift from gasoline-power to electric, the rise of ridesharing, and the invention of self-driving vehicles will soon overhaul transportation. A new report, just…
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