Today’s Headlines
Mark your calendar, ’cause the Senate climate bill hearings start on Oct. 27 (Politico) Some states are declining to post road signs that note when projects are being funded by federal stimulus money (NYT) Breaking down the Kerry-Graham op-ed on climate cooperation — is it really a “game-changer” or just a sign of unnecessary compromises … Continued
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7:49 AM EDT on October 14, 2009
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- Mark your calendar, ’cause the Senate climate bill hearings start on Oct. 27 (Politico)
- Some states are declining to post road signs that note when projects are being funded by federal stimulus money (NYT)
- Breaking down the Kerry-Graham op-ed on climate cooperation — is it really a “game-changer” or just a sign of unnecessary compromises to come? (NRDC)
- New report finds that oil demand in industrialized nations peaked back in 2005, but the developing world is still getting thirsty for more fossil fuels (NYT)
- LaHood promises to send help with the service cuts D-Day facing Detroit bus riders (Free Press)
- Honolulu gets federal approval to start preliminary engineering on a new $5.5 billion commuter rail line (Advertiser)
- Dallas is using $2 million in federal stimulus money to install solar-powered streetlights, with impressive annual electricity savings (Morn News)
- Bill McKibben reminds the president: You can’t negotiate a compromise deal with the planet (TNR)
- Michigan could become the first home of “green highways,” retooled roads reserved for electric vehicles, bikes, and other cleaner modes of transport (Time)
- The “bridge in a backpack” that you read about first here on Streetsblog Cap Hill is hitting the big time (NYT)
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