"It's not the e-bikes, it's the e-motorcycles. Totally different classification. Much of the available injury data relies on law enforcement and hospital reporting that does not clearly distinguish between legal e-bikes and more powerful devices."
"None of these people are digging into whether this was a legal or illegal e-bike or what class of legal e-bike it might have been. Like the general public, they hear the word e-bike and that's enough."
"The e-motos are absolutely a key safety concern, there is no doubt about that. What unfortunately we don't have enough data to really know is, 'Are the legal e-bikes a safety concern?'"
"The study estimates in the next 30 years some species may lose as much as half of their habitat. Rising temperatures and droughts increase water stress, leading to higher vulnerability to pests and disease."
Legal e-bikes are not significantly problematic on trails, according to Marc Piazza, while e-motorcycles present a different classification and safety concern. Asha Weinsteing Agrawal emphasizes the lack of clear data distinguishing between legal e-bikes and illegal devices, leading to misattributed injuries. New research indicates climate change threatens California's native trees, with some species potentially losing half their habitat in 30 years. Rising temperatures and droughts increase water stress, vulnerability to pests, and wildfire risks, potentially resulting in 'zombie forests' where adult trees survive but cannot reproduce.
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