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This is wild: Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that he will require freight rail in Mexico to have electrified passenger service: trains.com/trn/news-revie…

Parts of NYC and NJ are under water. Here's how to protect yourself from dangerous flash floods anywhere as #climatechange gets more personal in U.S. #nycflooding marketwatch.com/story/what-mak…

SHE CANNOT BE STOPPED!!!!! Ace takes 4th at the IHSA 3A Girls Regional at Indian Boundary!! Way to go, Ace! You make Amundsen proud! On to Sectionals!!!!

Texas is such an interesting case study of Republican Party disagreements over school choice. Rural lawmakers often oppose it. texastribune.org/2023/09/19/ken…

This downtown road diet and addition of a two-way cycle track cut crashes by a third almost immediately. Our streets don’t have to be designed like racetracks.

PLEASE journo awards people, on social class equality grounds, change these 'young journalist of the year' award categories to 'early career journalist.' Some of us couldn't work for newspapers when we were young as we lacked well connected relatives or had to do more ££ jobs 1st

An economist looks at this and says hey, grocery prices aren't adding to inflation any longer. A normie looks at this and says hey groceries still are 17% more expensive than 2 years ago. Why aren't they going down?

@MarketWatch climate/sustainability/real estate reporter seeking Maui-based homeowners and property pros as sources for balanced article on #MauiWildfires #MauiLandGrab rebuild. DM me please and thanks

Phoenix had a record 31 days in a row this summer when the temperature reached 110 degrees or higher. As temperatures rise, so does the death toll. Powerful story here from @carolynkor newyorker.com/science/elemen…

Listen in, ask questions. Should we be so afraid of AI?

56 years ago today. Seiji Ozawa and the Chicago Symphony was there. Mayor Daley was there. Thousands of delighted, confused, even angry spectators were there. I was there, with the family Kodak 8mm camera, pint-sized witness to history, the unveiling of Chicago's Picasso.

Good moment to be a Democratic candidate? • 2020 violent crime surge subsides, murders down 9% in 2023 • fewest unauthorized border crossings in 2 years Since 2021: • inflation 3%, down from 7% • unemployment 3.6%, down from 6.3% • stocks up 13.5% • covid deaths down 96%

Paris now has 180 gorgeous ‘school streets.’ They are pedestrianized and landscaped streets around schools - to mitigate crashes, prioritize walking to school, reduce noise and air pollution. No brainer, really.

An auto-dependent society puts tremendous pressure on low-income people to own cars. A car can eat up someone’s budget, expose them to predatory lenders who hurt their credit, or worse. And they're getting more expensive. My latest for @voxdotcom vox.com/23753949/cars-…

This ‘Fitbit’ for tree health saves homeowners money and helps fight climate change trib.al/2Pzh6Ga

Here’s why Tesla’s latest EV-charging deal is more problematic for EVgo than ChargePoint marketwatch.com/story/heres-wh…

$GM to invest half a billion in Texas SUV plant marketwatch.com/story/gm-to-in…

Climate-related ETFs rise as U.S. stocks mostly fall $HEAT $NETZ marketwatch.com/story/climate-…

Smarts over running any day. @PesceNic marketwatch.com/story/canadian…