Taking the Car out of Carbon

A sustainable future for the world has to reduce car usage, increase walking, biking and transit ridership. Correctly pricing carbon will be key to making this happen.

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New York Times: NY is lagging as seas and risks rise

An article on rising waters and risks posed by climate change, to New York City. I am quoted, right at the very end of the article. 

One hour + of interview, boiled down to one sentence. No complains, though. The reporter did a very good job of distillation. And the quote is very well placed - it brings closure to the whole piece. 

“This is a vicious circle of the worst kind,” Projjal Dutta, the transportation agency’s director of sustainability, said of the financial effect. “You’re cutting public transportation, which cuts down greenhouse gases, to harden against climate change.”