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Solving The Climate Crisis Requires More Than Just Electrifying Your Pick-up Truck

This week, Colin Fiske of Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities and Matt Simmons of EPIC join the show to talk about why the race to electrify cars and trucks isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution to our climate woes. More - and larger - electric vehicles mean more mining lithium for batteries, which comes with social and environmental costs. And the more vehicles on our streets, the more dangerous those streets are for people walking and biking. One solution is building more housing close to where people work, shop and study, so that we can free ourselves from auto dependency.

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Solving The Climate Crisis Requires More Than Just Electrifying Your Pick-up Truck