Today’s Headlines
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
By
Adam Voiland
9:36 AM EST on December 13, 2010
- 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 Health Risk (Post-Gazette)
- Semi-Autonomous Driving: Coming to Cars of the Future? (Fast Company)
- Can Bike-Sharing Systems Sell Carbon Offsets to Raise Funds? (Discovery)
- In Defense of Earmarks (OregonLive)
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