New rail cars and bench seating, Earth vs climate change: Metro News Now, Nov. 27
Summary
•For all the talk about climate change in recent years, a new United Nations report finds that carbon emissions are still rising and the countries that are among the biggest emitters — hello, United States — have a lot of work to do to reverse the trend, reports NPR. If I were the King, I’d increase funding for transit projects and put in place some whopper-sized tax credits for electric vehicles and home solar installation. •Oh gosh geewillickers — this is against the NYT subway rules because food attracts insects, people! Small businesses that have invested in improvements with the expectation of increased foot traffic are capital-B bristling at the delays, reports Marketplace. Two, a film from 2008 — Wall-E — that I think had remarkable foresight about the future, specifically a culture of people who spend way to much time staring into screens.