Today’s Headlines
More Oil and Gas Drilling Won’t Do Much to Keep U.S. Energy Prices Down (NYT) Smart Growth Leader: We Need to Retire the Word “Urbanism” (Atlantic Cities) LaHood Skips DNC (The Hill) “People-Powered Buses” Help Convention Transpo (Earth Techling) HuffPo: All Development Is Not Equal, When It Comes to Jobs Smart Growth Fail: Treasury Department … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on September 6, 2012
- More Oil and Gas Drilling Won’t Do Much to Keep U.S. Energy Prices Down (NYT)
- Smart Growth Leader: We Need to Retire the Word “Urbanism” (Atlantic Cities)
- LaHood Skips DNC (The Hill)
- “People-Powered Buses” Help Convention Transpo (Earth Techling)
- HuffPo: All Development Is Not Equal, When It Comes to Jobs
- Smart Growth Fail: Treasury Department Moves Employees From Metro to West VA (Examiner)
- NJ Transit Proposes More Density for Hoboken (Patch, Jersey Journal)
- D.C. Bridge Could Become Park Connecting Two Neighborhoods (NPR)
- Springfield, Illinois Moves in Bike-Friendly Direction (State Journal-Register)
- Photographer Captures Suburban Sprawl, From Above (Co.Exist)
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