This is pretty wild: climate funds are being used to expand highways. It is justified on the grounds that more lanes = fewer idling cars = less emissions
The only really surprising thing here is that they aren't selling lane widening carbon offsets
[www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-08-07/can-adding-highway-lanes-bring-transportation-emissions-down?sref=jjXJRDFv )
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