“The virus is no longer in charge of the economy” - a podcast by Marketplace

Earlier today, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a “next phase” pandemic plan that includes easing restrictions and focusing on prevention and readiness for any future COVID-19 surges. Plus, a couple of shell-shaking climate updates and some auto-related Make Me Smiles to wrap up this Hollowed Out Shell Thursday.

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Here’s everything we talked about on the show today:

• Sea-level rise will rise one foot along U.S. coastlines by 2050, government says from The Washington Post


• Western ‘Megadrought’ Is the Worst in 1,200 Years from Scientific American


• What does California’s drought mean for the rest of the country? from Marketplace


• A Third of America’s Economy Is Concentrated in Just 31 Counties from Bloomberg


• Covid Live Updates: California Unveils Plan to Treat Coronavirus as Manageable Risk from The New York Times


• Cargo Ship Full of Porsches, Bentleys and VWs Is On Fire and Adrift in the Atlantic [UPDATED] from The Drive


• Taras Grescoe’s Twitter thread about Paris’ car-free zone


• Here are 11 more cities that have joined the car-free revolution from Fast Company

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