Recent Headlines: National Edition
Thanks to Adam Voiland at DC Streetsblog
9:48 AM PDT on August 4, 2010
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- Dems Retreat on Energy, Oil-Spill Bills (The Hill)
- Obesity Rates Continue To Rise (NYT)
- Cars Remain Currency of Cool in Hollywood (Slate)
- Gulf Oil Gusher 2nd Largest Ever; Still a Fraction of What Americans Consume Every Day (AP, Time)
- But Government Tells Us 3/4 of Spill “No Longer a Threat” (LAT)
- Obama’s “Plan B” on Climate Under Assault (Politico)
- The Case for Open Data in Transit (Streetfilms)
- Livable Communities Act Clears Senate Sub-Committee (DC Streetsblog)
- Reason Foundation: Transit a “Peripheral Concern” to National Transpo Policy
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