Today's Headlines

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)

Adam Voiland

Today's Headlines

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