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200+ Leaders From Rural U.S. Communities To Gather in Missoula, Montana To Rewrite The Rural Organizing Playbook – June 4-7

United Today, Stronger Tomorrow is a nonprofit organization that identifies opportunities to create and/or strengthen on-the-ground organizing and build power that can be used to directly improve the lives of Americans.

Livermore Proves Safer Streets Can Happen Sooner, Rather Than Later

“How many fatalities is it going to take for them to do something about this.”

Effort underway to bring a tech hub to Montana

Senator Tester believes there’s a lot of untapped potential in rural areas like Montana.

Reduced parking requirements seen as tool to create more housing

After last week’s disagreement on process and timing, the Missoula City Council this week approved a request asking city staff and their consultants to include parking reform on a list of items that could best address the city’s housing shortage.

As Cities Eliminate Parking Minimums, Congress Considers Getting in on the Reform

This month, California Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) introduced a bill that would limit city governments’ power to enforce minimum parking mandates. The so-called “Home for People Not Cars Act” would discourage cities from enforcing parking spot requirements for new homes and businesses built within a half-mile of public transit services..

Why Even The Most Progressive Cities Are Failing Their Car-Free Residents

It turns out that Berkeley residents walk and ride bicycles in spite of what the city does on transportation policy – not because of it.

Earth set to bake in hottest period on record within 5 years, study warns

The WMO’s warning accompanies its prediction that there’s a 98% likelihood that at least one of the next five years will exceed the warmest on record. El Niño and climate change will likely drive this temperature spike.

How to Quit Cars

They crowd streets, belch carbon, bifurcate communities, and destroy the urban fabric. Will we ever overcome our addiction?

Clean Condo Life: Getting Heat Pumps For Buildings Without A/C

Heat pumps are added to condos all the time, increase the sales value, can save you a bit of money in the wintertime, and will give you blessed comfort on hot days in the summer.

Here’s How Hertz Electric Car Policies Will Impact The EV Revolution

That’s how movements get started and gain momentum. The EV revolution has well and truly begun when major corporations embrace it. By 2030, everyone will wonder what all the drama over electric cars was about.

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