This is (IMO) not to say that MnDOT or the people there are climate denialists, but that, by so highly prioritizing support for only one method of moving people & goods around that all other considerations are essentially meaningless, the end results are indistinguishable from climate denialism.
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MnDOT's "climate defeatism" (maybe "denialism" is a better word):
"It suggests that a smaller road with more space for greenery would increase exposure to air pollution, whereas an expanded freeway that directly cuts through neighborhoods wouldn’t."
www.startribune.com/mndots-clima...
"It suggests that a smaller road with more space for greenery would increase exposure to air pollution, whereas an expanded freeway that directly cuts through neighborhoods wouldn’t."
www.startribune.com/mndots-clima...
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