Today’s Headlines
Al Gore Calls for Climate Protests; Obama for “Strategy” to Reduce Carbon (The Hill) New Crop of GOP House Hopefuls, Meanwhile, Say Global Warming’s All a Big Fraud (Politico) US Surging Forward With High-Speed Rail Plans (CNN) NYC Ped Safety Study: Men — Not Taxis — Behind Fatal Collisions (WSJ) Enough About Mosques: Look What MTA Has Planned … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
9:56 AM EDT on August 18, 2010
- Al Gore Calls for Climate Protests; Obama for “Strategy” to Reduce Carbon (The Hill)
- New Crop of GOP House Hopefuls, Meanwhile, Say Global Warming’s All a Big Fraud (Politico)
- US Surging Forward With High-Speed Rail Plans (CNN)
- NYC Ped Safety Study: Men — Not Taxis — Behind Fatal Collisions (WSJ)
- Enough About Mosques: Look What MTA Has Planned for Lower Manhattan (NY1)
- Don’t Forget to Renew Your Undrivers License (Good)
- Why Low Gas Prices Aren’t All Bad for OPEC (Atlantic)
- Rescissions Threaten Funding for Bike Projects (LAB)
- Dodd Gets Behind High-Speed Rail in Connecticut (Norwalk Plus)
- A Prescription for American Obesity: Safe Routes to School (Bikes Belong)
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