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Lab Report: Why Is Urban America Driving More?

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Drive time: Remember Peak Car? A new study shows that urban driving is up by 33 percent since 2000 in the U.S., while rural driving has dropped 12 percent. Now researchers are trying to explain it, Slate reports:

Measuring climate impact: The “We Are Still In” coalition—which now includes 227 cities and counties, nine states, and about 1,650 businesses and investors—is now working to study and measure the effect of its climate actions by 2025, in an attempt to meet the Paris agreement’s goals sans Trump. (New York Times)