Today’s Headlines
Plenty of Fiddle Faddle During Climate Bill Debate But Little to Show For It (The Economist) Meanwhile, Scaled-Down Bill Likely to Hit the House Floor Next Wednesday (The Hill) House Dems Quarrel About Livability Provisions in Transpo Appropriations Bill (LAB blog) Retired Admiral LeRoy Collins Killed While Cycling in Tampa (UPI) House Committee Unveils Earmark … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
9:06 AM EDT on July 30, 2010
- Plenty of Fiddle Faddle During Climate Bill Debate But Little to Show For It (The Economist)
- Meanwhile, Scaled-Down Bill Likely to Hit the House Floor Next Wednesday (The Hill)
- House Dems Quarrel About Livability Provisions in Transpo Appropriations Bill (LAB blog)
- Retired Admiral LeRoy Collins Killed While Cycling in Tampa (UPI)
- House Committee Unveils Earmark Database (Open Secrets Blog)
- Higher Tolls Equal Quicker Commutes in San Francisco (NBC)
- Subtract Eight Cars, Add Room for 74 Bikes at an Oregon Transit Center (Oregonian)
- Infrastructist Editor Talks Tolls and Gas Taxes on Fox Business News
- LaHood in Wisconsin: “There’s No Stopping High-Speed Rail” (Wisc State Journal)
- High-Speed Rail Coming — Eventually — to the Connecticut River Valley (Associated Press)
- PBS Tackles the Question: What Does Livability Look Like? (The City Fix)
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