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People cycle along the street in Afuá, a city in northern Brazil's Pará state, in January. <strong></strong>Since 2002, this city on the banks of the Amazon River has been famously off limits to motor vehicles.

A car-free town in the Amazon serves lessons for pedaling to net zero emissions

Afuá, a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon, banned motor vehicles over 20 years ago. Writer Mac Margolis and photographer Stefan Kolumban paid the town a visit to see what life is like.

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  • Mac Margolis
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to the press during the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday. In an interview with NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em>, Yellen said she expects inflation will moderate by next year. She also called on the private sector to do more to fight climate change.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she's confident inflation will ease next year

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she expects inflation pressures to ease in the latter half of next year. Yellen spoke to NPR from Scotland, where she's attending climate meetings.

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By:
  • Scott Horsley and
  • Noel King