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Cities See Population Gains — But What About Political Power?
The Census Bureau has just released new data showing a resurgence of the nation's cities, with New York leading the way and Chicago reversing five years of population decline.
July 1, 2009
House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: It’s Better Than You Thought!
The climate change bill that squeaked through the House on Friday
night allows U.S. states to use a share of their carbon emissions
allowances to invest in green transportation, thanks to the combined
efforts of a group of senior Democrats.
June 29, 2009
House Debating Climate and Energy Legislation Right Now
Kate Sheppard from Grist is Tweeting the heck out of the climate bill debate on the floor of the House of Representatives today (218 votes and counting). Barbara Boxer, who is working on the Senate version of this bill, yesterday reminded sustainable transport advocates that this is probably going to be their only chance in the next 18 months to get something done in Congress.
June 26, 2009
Your Unlikely Reasonable Voice of the Day
Rep. Don Young (R-AK) is not known as a friend of green transportation -- and that's putting it mildly.
June 24, 2009
House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay for Greener Transportation
Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday struck a deal ahead of Friday’s make-or-break vote on climate change legislation to give greener transportation a place at the table. The climate bill gives the states 10 percent of its carbon emissions allowances, the total worth of which is projected to hit $70 billion by … Continued
June 24, 2009
Flashback: Does the Government Owe Transportation $21 Billion?
Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House
transportation committee, made an interesting
comment earlier this month in the Journal of Commerce:
June 23, 2009
Wonk Alert: Download Oberstar’s Transportation Bill in Full
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar's (D-MN) new federal bill, which he previewed Wednesday despite pushback from the Obama administration, is officially out.
June 22, 2009
New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smarth Growth to Climate Bill
As a new non-partisan analysis of the House climate change bill -- proving that capping CO2 can save
money for the poorest fifth of the nation -- continues to make waves on
the Hill, it's worth noting that the legislation could yield even
greater savings by focusing on reducing transportation-based emissions.
June 22, 2009
House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money
As their committee's leaders butted heads
with the Obama administration, a group of Republicans on the House
transportation panel proposed to fill the $7 billion hole in the
nation's highway trust fund with unobligated money from the economic stimulus law.
June 19, 2009
House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House
Senior members of the House transportation committee today fired a warning shot at those pushing an 18-month extension of existing federal law, putting the Obama administration and key senators on notice that their $450 billion proposal would move forward this year.
June 18, 2009