Following a catastrophic oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara in 1969, in 1972, California voters passed Proposition 20, the “Save Our Coast” ballot initiative. The initiative rode a wave of voter anger over the horrific damage done by…
Driving into Debt
Published: 2019 | R. J. Cross and Tony Dutzik, Frontier Group | Ed Mierzwinski and Matt Casale, U.S. Pirg Education Fund Abstract In much of America, access to a car is all but required to hold a job or lead…
Carbon Footprint Planning: Quantifying Local and State Mitigation Opportunities for 700 California Cities
Published: 2018 | Christopher M. Jones, Stephen M. Wheeler, and Daniel M. Kammen | Cogitatio Urban Planning Abstract Consumption-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories have emerged to describe full life cycle contributions of households to climate change at country, state…
Global scenarios of urban density and its impacts on building energy use through 2050
Published: 2017 | Burak Güneralpa, Yuyu Zhouc, Diana Ürge-Vorsatzd, Mukesh Guptad, Sha Yue, Pralit L. Patele, Michail Fragkiasf, Xiaoma Lic,g,h, and Karen C. Seto | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Abstract Although the scale of impending urbanization is…
Increasing Walking, Cycling, and Transit: Improving Californians’ Health, Saving Costs, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases
Published: 2016 | Neil Maizlish, PhD, MPH, Office of Health Equity, California Department of Public Health Abstract This study, like the majority of health impact studies of active transport in the United States and Europe, shows that physical activity due…
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