Today’s Headlines
NOAA Claims Oil Spill Vanishing Fast; Independent Scientists Skeptical (WaPo) Meanwhile, Spill Bill Could Face Trimming From Republicans (The Hill) GAO: Nearly All States Depend on Federal Welfare to Fund Their Highway Programs (Fox News) States Are Broke, Have to Spend Billions Managing Expanding Obesity Epidemic (LAT, 247 Wall St) Reuters Special Report: Smart Growth … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
9:17 AM EDT on August 5, 2010
- NOAA Claims Oil Spill Vanishing Fast; Independent Scientists Skeptical (WaPo)
- Meanwhile, Spill Bill Could Face Trimming From Republicans (The Hill)
- GAO: Nearly All States Depend on Federal Welfare to Fund Their Highway Programs (Fox News)
- States Are Broke, Have to Spend Billions Managing Expanding Obesity Epidemic (LAT, 247 Wall St)
- Reuters Special Report: Smart Growth Poised to Change the Character of the Suburbs
- Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley Strengthened Livable Communities Bill (Bike Portland)
- Time’s Detroit Blog Calls for “Real” Mass Transit Following DOT’s Light Rail Announcement
- LaHood Watch: He’s Even a Category on Jeopardy (Fast Lane)
- Scientists Probe Smallest — And Most Dangerous — Components of Diesel Fumes (Press-Enterprise)
- No Joke: CO Gov Candidate Warns Bike-Sharing a Plot to Destroy America (Denver Post)
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