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November 2009
Fri 20: Higher Gas Prices Alone Won't Make Cleaner Cars a Reality 4
Tue 17: Introducing the Samuelson Gas Tax Increase: A Penny Every Month 0
Fri 13: Coal-Burning Electric Utilities Still Commanding Dem Senators' Attention 0
Thu 12: Which is the Fastest-Rising U.S. Emissions Source: Transport or Electricity? 1
Tue 10: Grassley: 'Two or Three Other' Republicans Open to Climate Change Deal 0
Fri 6: Senate's Next Climate Hearing to Feature Big Oil-Backed Critics 0
Thu 5: How Important is a United Front on the Climate Bill? 0
Thu 5: Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP 2
Wed 4: Kerry: There's a Narrow Window For GOP Cooperation on Pricing Pollution 1
Tue 3: Senate Democrats Poke Holes in GOP's Climate Change 'Boycott' 0
Tue 3: The Senate Climate Bill Reaches a First Milestone Today -- Maybe 1
October 2009
Thu 29: Trucking Industry Likes Higher Fuel Prices -- When They Help Truckers 1
Thu 29: A Republican Returns to Congress With A Map to Transportation Reform 0
Wed 28: Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener 1
Tue 27: At Senate Climate Hearings, Lots of Transport Talk and All Eyes on Baucus 0
Mon 26: GOP Senators Protest Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Transport Projects 0
Mon 26: Senate Climate Bill Triples the House's Investments in Clean Transport 0
Fri 23: Obama: Climate Pessimism More Dangerous Than Climate Deniers 13
Fri 23: Deeds Wants More Money for Transportation -- But Not From a Climate Bill? 0
Wed 21: GOPers Re-Name the Climate Bill Again: Now It's a 'Gas Tax'! 1
Tue 20: Think Tank Responds to Report on Hidden Costs of Fossil Fuels: Yawn 1
Tue 20: 16 Cities That Are Leading the Way in the Climate Change Fight 0
Mon 19: What the Virginia Campaign Can Teach Us About Transportation Policy 2
Mon 19: New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage from Autos 1
Mon 19: Rep. Earl Blumenauer: Announcing the Livable Communities Task Force 2
Fri 16: Transportation Allowances in the Climate Bill: A Tale of Two Modes 0
Wed 14: Electrification in the Climate Bill: Thinking Bigger Than a Car 0
Wed 14: What Washington Can Do For -- And Alongside -- Metro Area Planners 0
Tue 13: Congestion Pricing: Still Good For Basically Everyone 3
Fri 9: CNU Summit to Focus on Reforming Transportation, Planning Principles 0
Fri 9: Senate Climate Bill Delayed Yet Again As Obama Takes Nobel 1
Fri 9: Bridging the Local-National Message Divide: The Climate Bill is the Answer 0
Thu 8: Two More Senate Dems Back Plan to Devote Climate Money to Transit 1
September 2009
Wed 30: The 'Elitism' Trap Migrates From Transport Reform to Climate Change 0
Wed 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 2
Wed 30: The Assumption of Inconvenience 5
Tue 29: Senate Climate Bill Leaks: The Good News and Bad News for Transport 0
Fri 25: Predicting the Future is Hard 7
Tue 22: New Report: 10% Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 1
Mon 21: Obama Administration Sends $100M in Stimulus Aid to 43 Transit Agencies 6
Thu 10: Consensus on National Transport Goals Still Eludes Industry Pros 0
Wed 9: Dodd Stays at Helm of Transit Panel -- But at a Cost to Climate Bill? 0
Thu 3: Understanding the Importance of Land Use 0
Wed 2: Florida Guv, a Fair-Weather Friend of Rail, Backs Out of Climate Fight 0
Wed 2: A Last Word on 'Cash for Clunkers' 1
Tue 1: EPA to Declare CO2 a Pollutant, Release Final Fuel-Efficiency Rules 1
August 2009
Mon 31: Senate Climate Bill Delayed for Second Time 0
Mon 31: EPA Chief Urges a More Urban Environmentalism to Fight Climate Change 0
Wed 19: Climate Change and Health Care: A Tale of Two Polls 0
Wed 19: Carper: Climate Bill Must Focus on Transport, Not Just Power Plants 0
Fri 14: Oil Industry Tears Page from Health Care Playbook to Battle Climate Bill 1
Fri 14: Report: Boxer 'Sympathetic to' Backers of More Climate Money for Transit 2
Wed 12: A Better -- and Cooler -- Version of "Cash for Clunkers" 0
Wed 12: Ed Glaeser's Rail Fail 31
Tue 11: A Progress Report on State-Level Oil Dependence 1
Fri 7: Electrified Transportation's Big Week in Washington 1
Thu 6: Senators Propose $4 Billion for Transit-Oriented Development Grants 1
Wed 5: Lobby Firm Behind Climate Forgeries Helped Kill Higher CAFE Standards 0
July 2009
Wed 29: Your Burger or Your Car! (And More Fun with False Dichotomies) 4
Tue 28: How Soon Will Cutting Transportation Emissions Save Money? 3
Tue 28: Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action 0
Wed 22: White Roof, Green Roof: Cities Share Climate Solutions on the Hill 2
Wed 22: Cardin & Carper Bullish on Transit's Prospects in Senate Climate Bill 0
Fri 17: 5 Down, 5 to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors 0
Wed 15: White House Staying Quiet For Now on Transit's Role in Climate Bill 0
Fri 10: Taking GOP Graphics a Bit Too Seriously 1
Thu 9: Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September 5
Tue 7: Getting the Message 3
Tue 7: Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy, and Transportation 1
Mon 6: Adding More Transportation to the Climate Change Mix 2
June 2009
Tue 30: The GOP Climate 'Traitors' Have Something Else in Common ... 3
Mon 29: How Did the Senate's 2008 Climate Bill Treat Transportation? 1
Mon 29: House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: The Details 0
Fri 26: The House is Debating its Climate Legislation Right Now 0
Wed 24: Senate Poised to Move on Climate Bill 0
Tue 23: House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay For Greener Transportation 0
Mon 22: New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smart Growth to Climate Bill 0
Thu 11: We're Not Just Driving Less -- We're Also Flying Less 0
Tue 2: Obama's Highways Chief: Wishy-Washy on Emissions? 4
May 2009
Wed 6: Will Barbara Boxer Stand Up for Sustainable Transportation? 1
April 2009
Wed 22: Does the State Senate's MTA Plan Pass Environmental Muster? 3
Wed 15: Petition: Support a Climate Bill That Invests in Green Transportation 7
Wed 8: "Do as We Say, Not as We Do" = No Model for Sustainability 23
July 2008
Mon 21: Al Gore Connects the Dots 32
May 2008
Wed 28: Joe Lieberman: Did Someone Say "High Gas Prices"? 23
Fri 16: Trucks Gone Green? 14
March 2008
Thu 27: Pro-Pricing PAC Puts Pols on Notice 18
Wed 26: Is CB 8 Angling to Get Rid of Bike Lanes on 91st Street? 9
February 2008
Mon 25: Is Big Environment Ready to Say America Is Hooked on Cars? 12
Tue 12: London Imposes $50 Guzzler Fee on SUVs and Lux Roadsters 12
January 2008
Tue 29: Interstate Access, Plenty of Parking at the "Green" Airport 9
Tue 22: Masdar: Arabic for Chutzpah? 54
Fri 18: Resolved: More Driving for Teachers, Less for Everyone Else 15
Fri 18: Bloomberg Touches on Safe Streets, Pricing in State of the City 5
November 2007
Tue 13: Green Subways: An Answer Blowing in the Wind? 7
Fri 2: Bloomberg Declares Support for a National Carbon Tax 7
October 2007
Tue 30: Warning: Driving Could Be Hazardous to Your Health 2
Mon 15: Robin Chase: "The Web 2.0 of Transportation Technologies" 21
Mon 8: The World's Greenest, Most Livable Cities 9
September 2007
Fri 21: Making the Case for Compact Development 8
Wed 19: The Black Car Project: Filling the Autovoid 9
Wed 19: New York: A "Drivers' Paradise" 35
Tue 18: Congestion Pricing Q&A With Rohit Aggarwala, Part 2 6
Mon 17: Judge in Vermont Upholds California Emissions Standards 7
Thu 13: World Cities Adding One Million People Every Week 2
August 2007
Fri 31: Climate Change: It's What's for Dinner 21
Thu 30: Brit's Liberal Dems Want to Ban Cars Fueled By Gasoline 2
Wed 29: Carbon Tax vs. Cap and Trade 7
Wed 15: Weiner on the Environment: Big Talk, Small Stick 52
Fri 3: Grist: NYC is Not One of the World's Greenest Cities 55
July 2007
Mon 30: Sadik-Khan: Many Initiatives Are Under Way... 7
Fri 27: Dying to Get to Work 11
Thu 26: Count SUVs for the Brian Lehrer Show Today 2
Wed 25: Americans Vote for Fuel Efficiency. Why Do They Buy Guzzlers? 18
Wed 18: NYC's Greenest Building Cracks Down on Bikes (Updated) 30
Sat 7: 7/7/07: The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook 8
Fri 6: Mayor Speaks at Times Square Pricing Rally 4
Fri 6: The Suburbanist Paradox 13
Fri 6: Times Says: We Must Pay More for Fossil Fuels 2
Tue 3: Good Stuff in This Week's Mobilizing the Region 7
Mon 2: How US Energy Emissions Compare (It's Not Pretty) 2
June 2007
Thu 28: Just What India Needs: The $3,000 Car 2
Wed 27: Addicted To Oil: Ranking States’ Vulnerability 3
Mon 25: Book Review: Twenty-Three Years to Save the Planet 8
Thu 21: Albany Fiddles Over Congestion Pricing... 3
Tue 19: How Americans Get to Work 5
Thu 14: Quebec Approves Carbon Tax on Fuels to Cut Greenhouse Gases 5
Mon 11: California Sues Municipalities for Bad Urban Planning 2
Thu 7: Chicago Alley Initiative Shows How to Make Streets Greener 0
Wed 6: REBNY Goes Green, Gets Behind PlaNYC 4
Fri 1: City Wants 20,000 New Parking Spaces in Hell's Kitchen 26
Fri 1: Small Business Leaders Voice Support For PlaNYC 2
May 2007
Tue 29: David Yassky Supports Congestion Pricing 12
Tue 22: Hail the Yassky Cab: All NYC Taxis to be Hybrid by 2012 20
Tue 22: Gas Costs More? Fill ’Er Up! 6
Fri 18: John Liu Says He Supports Congestion Pricing 38
Fri 18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2
Thu 17: The Car Habit Is Tough to Break 20
Wed 16: Livingstone: Businesses Led on Congestion Charge 1
Wed 16: The Clock is Ticking for PlaNYC 1
Wed 16: Days Numbered for City Parking Privileges? 3
Mon 14: PlanNYC's Public Political Push Starts Today 1
Fri 11: Smoggy China to Observe World Car Free Day 1
Thu 10: There Are Certain Facts That We've All Got to Face Up To 4
Wed 9: Biofuels, Bus Lanes and Beer 7
Fri 4: Building a Better Bike Lane 30
Tue 1: PlaNYC Team Releases Transportation Technical Report 7
April 2007
Mon 30: Who Wants to Drive Into a City That's Under Water? 0
Thu 26: Black Clouds Over China 0
Wed 25: Streetfilms: Little Legs for Green Streets 0
Wed 25: PlaNYC: Foster the Market For Renewable Energy 9
Tue 24: What $13 Billion Looks Like 7
Tue 24: Zero Carbon is the Goal for Woodstock 2
Mon 23: Council Overrides Pedicab Veto 17
Mon 23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44
Fri 20: The Ultimate System: Free Mass Transit and Congestion Pricing 15
Tue 17: Pedi Politics 6
Tue 17: In the East River, Verdant Power Sleeps With the Fishes 14
Fri 13: Find Yourself a City to Live In 8
Wed 11: We Must Imagine a Future Without Cars 7
Fri 6: Resolved: More Traffic Congestion & Automobile Dependence 7
Thu 5: Support Builds for Carbon Taxes Over "Cap and Trade" 3
Thu 5: Hey, Wanna Buy a Minicar? 12
Wed 4: Auto Worship Still a Sign of the Times 14
Sun 1: Breaking News: Frieden Tapped as DOT Commish 14
March 2007
Fri 30: Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? 1
Wed 28: An English Plan in New York 3
Tue 27: Mayor Says Toronto Will be North America's Greenest City 2
Tue 27: Will "Crazy Technology" Thwart Climate Change? 1
Tue 27: Sydney Organizes World's First Climate Change Blackout 1
Fri 23: Google Staff Get On Their Bikes 7
Fri 16: Doctoroff Sets Stage for Something Bold, Creative & Expensive 10
Wed 14: Defending "The Bailey's" Right to Kung Pao Chicken and an SUV 9
Tue 13: PlaNYC 2030 Project "Tearing Things Up" at City Hall 6
Thu 8: "People Act as Though the Hybrid Could Solve All Our Problems" 4
Wed 7: The Greening of the Times 0
Tue 6: CO2 from Shipping Twice as Much as Airlines 13
February 2007
Wed 28: Schumer & Clinton Backing Upstate NIMBY's Against Wind Power 8
Mon 26: European Automakers Are Feeling the Heat 1
Fri 23: Green Revolution Sweeping Through U.S. Cities 0
Tue 20: Taxing Vehicles Based on Their Environmental Impact 1
Tue 20: PlanNYC 2030: What makes a Community Sustainable? 4
Fri 16: PBS to America: Fight Global Warming, Drive an SUV 11
Mon 12: Gridlock Sam: Avert Climate Catastrophe, Ride a Vespa® 28
Tue 6: New York New Visions Tackles "Sustainable" New York Future 2
January 2007
Mon 29: New York City 2030. London Today. 2
Thu 25: Are Port Authority's Airport Expansionists Flying Blind? 36
Tue 23: UK Carbon-Reduction Activists in a Quiet "Riot for Austerity" 9
Mon 22: Launching the Campaign for Carbon Taxes 4
Fri 19: Battle of the Weatherpeople 33
Wed 17: McKibben on Climate Change: "We Don't Have a Movement" 3
Tue 16: PLANYC 2030 Community Leader Meetings 2
Tue 16: Uncool New York: NYC Lags in Combatting Climate Change 2
December 2006
Sat 23: New York City is the New Baltimore 5
Mon 18: Holiday Bonus for U.K. Ikea Employees: 9,000 Free Bikes 14
Mon 18: Holiday Book Recommendations Open Thread 14
Thu 14: Are Old-Line Environmentalists Asleep at the Wheel? 46
Wed 13: Futurama 2030 Speech: News Round-Up 1
Tue 12: Futurama 2030: Bloomberg Outlines Ambitious 10-Point Agenda 37
Tue 12: Parochial Thinking Amid Ominous Signs 1
Tue 12: Bloomberg: "New York City 2030: Accepting the Challenge" 29
Mon 11: Mayor Bloomberg Sustainability Speech Tomorrow 4
November 2006
Wed 15: Mayor Livingstone: $50 to Drive an SUV into Central London 18
Tue 14: The Idea of Rising Sea Levels is Sinking In 1
Tue 14: Rumor Mill: Sustainability Announcement Tomorrow 30
Wed 8: Car-Free Manhattan: Just Wait 100 Years 1
Tue 7: Cutting the Carbon and Enjoying the Scenery 5
Thu 2: London Calling. Are New York's Leaders Really Listening? 5
Thu 2: Eat More Carbohydrates, Burn More Hydrocarbons 1
October 2006
Fri 27: Climate Change: A View From the Deep Sea 0
September 2006
Thu 21: Bloomberg Sustainability Announcement 8
Wed 20: State of California Sues Carmakers on Climate Change 4
July 2006
Fri 28: We're in Good Hands With Allstate 0
Tue 18: Fewer Seats But More Cars at Yankee Stadium 2