Today’s Headlines
Sen. Reid: We Have a Constitutional Duty to Dole Out Earmarks (Politico) Meanwhile, Sen. Cornyn Takes Heat Over Earmark Double-Talk (Mother Jones) Can Minnesota Sue Wisconsin Over High-Speed Rail Debacle? (MinnPost) Bruce Katz: Cut Subsidies for Consumption, Invest in Infrastructure (TNR) Cutting Soot Has Cut Warming in California, Scientists Say (Science) Florida’s Governor Content to Kill … Continued
December 17, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Omnibus Spending Bill Brims With Earmarks (Politico) The Livable Communities Act Faces Uncertain Future (Sustainable Cities Collective) Reticent Sen. Bingaman Speaks Out on Energy Bill Plans (The Hill) In San Fransisco, Congestion Pricing Plan Inflames Passions (Streetsblog SF, Transpo Nation) Study: Southwest Most Vulnerable to Climate Change (ClimateWire) Why the Feds Should Care About Sidewalks … Continued
December 15, 2010
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Cancun Meeting Ends With a Modest Climate Agreement (The Hill, Time) Secretary Chu: I’ll Stay “as Long as the President Will Have Me” (The Hill) High-Speed Rail Takes Its Lumps (ABC) Illinois Picks Up $42. 3 Million for High-Speed Rail (Sun-Times) DC’s Top Five Smart Growth Moments of 2010 (GGW) Pittsburgh Air May Pose a … Continued
December 13, 2010
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GOP Feels Buyer’s Remorse Over Earmark Ban (Politico) House Passes Temporary Extension of Transportation Bill to October 2011 (T4America) Tax Cut Deal Does Not Extend Build America Program (Infrastructurist) Senators Aim to Revive Energy Debate Early in 2011 (The Hill) The Ever Elusive Infrastructure Bank: A Panacea for Transportation Funding? (Transpo Nation) California Rail Authority … Continued
December 9, 2010
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GOP Selects House Chairs; Rep. Upton to Head Energy Committee (NYT, The Hill) Lesser of Two Evils to Chair Committee “Investigating” Climate Science (Politico) Earmarks Analysis: 39,294 Requested This Year (Politico, National Journal) Poll: Gas Tax Hike Still Anathema to Most Americans (WHTC) Walkable Communities Spur Civic Involvement (ScienceDaily) Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter Dishes About Smart Growth (Reuters) New … Continued
December 8, 2010
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Transpo Nation Does an Exit Interview With James Oberstar Both Parties Agree Gas Taxes Need To Go Up — Just Not Publicly (Autoblog) Draft Climate Agreement Inches Forward in Cancun (Mother Jones) It’s Decision Time in House Energy Committee Chairmanship Race (The Hill) New Auto Mirror Regs Aim to Eliminate Blind Spots (WSJ) Commuter Rail Arrives in … Continued
December 6, 2010
Today’s Headlines
GOP Axes House Climate Change Committee (Reuters, Bloomberg) Despite Rhetoric, Tea Party Requests $1 Billion in Earmarks (Atlantic, CBS) Rep. Oberstar Says Goodbye; May Join University of Minnesota Faculty (Star Tribune, Minnesota Daily) California Board OKs Controversial Section of High-Speed Rail (AP) New Jersey Will Fight Feds Over $271 Million ARC Bill (AP) Virginia Transportation Funds … Continued
December 3, 2010
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City Infrastructure Projects Poised to Lose Millions if Earmarks Go the Way of the Dodo (USA, Politico) Drugged-Up Drivers Involved in a Third of Highway Deaths (Transpo Nation) Potential House Science Committee Chair Considers Global Warming a Fraud (Politico) Cancun Beaches Threatened as Climate Talks Unfold (AP, Reuters) NJ Gets $271 Million Bill From Feds for … Continued
December 1, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Expectations Modest as Climate Negotiations Begin in Cancun (Politico, NYT) Plus, Why the Cancun Climate Talks Matter (Slate) Departing Dem Calls GOP Earmark Ban a “Complete Charade” (The Hill) Q & A With Former Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta (Transpo Nation) Bike Commuting on the Rise (NPR) Light Rail Lessons from Strasbourg (The Transport Politic) Study Advises … Continued
November 29, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Body Scanners Could Come to Rail, Trains, and Boats Next (The Hill) Pat-Down Controversy Boosts Amtrak Ridership (WWLTV) Supporters of Senate Earmark Ban Lack Votes (The Hill) Meanwhile, a Top Republican Has Already Broken Ranks (AP) Diabetes Could Cost $3.4 Trillion Over the Next Decade (Bloomberg) Are Americans as Car Crazy as We Were in … Continued
November 24, 2010