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Chanell Fletcher, new Deputy Executive Officer for Environmental Justice at the California Air Resources Board

Air Resources Board Elevates Environmental Justice to Executive Level

By Melanie Curry | Jan 22, 2021 | No Comments

ClimatePlan's Chanell Fletcher, as new Deputy Executive Officer for Environmental Justice, will oversee environmental justice, Community Air Monitoring Program (A.B. 617), and more.

A German HSR train on the Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high-speed railway. Sights such as this should be common in California in about eight years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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California HSR is Peachy

By Roger Rudick | Jan 6, 2021 | No Comments

The state's rail modernization project is looking up thanks to Georgia's election results

One Untrash work party's collection. Image courtesy Untrash.it

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Untrashing the Planet, One Corner at a Time

By Melanie Curry | Jan 6, 2021 | No Comments

Cleaning up means working together, but also just getting out there with gloves and bags and picking up the trash.

Still from Divided Highways, showing the glory and destructive nature of highway mania.

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Caltrans Statement on Equity: What Does it Mean?

By Melanie Curry | Dec 23, 2020 | No Comments

Caltrans makes a promise, and communities and advocates will need to hold them accountable to it. It won't be easy.

Assemblymember Laura Friedman addresses a joint hearing on micromobility regulations. Image: screengrab from CA Assembly

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Two New Transportation Leaders in California Legislature

By Melanie Curry | Dec 14, 2020 | No Comments

Assembly Speaker Rendon surprises observers by replacing Jim Frazier with Laura Friedman; Senate President Atkins appoints Lena Gonzalez to chair left empty by departure of Jim Beall.