Today’s Headlines
Silver Will Put Atlantic Yards on Hold Until ’07 (NY1) Shift in Financials Puts Pressure on Silver To Delay (NLG) The $456 Million Blog Scoop That Stalled Atlantic Yards? (AYR) New MTA Chief Actually Uses the Train (News) Long Planned, Transit Projects Get U.S. Help (NYT) Carbon Emissions up One-Quarter Since 1990: Study (Common Dreams) … Continued
11:11 AM EST on December 19, 2006
- Silver Will Put Atlantic Yards on Hold Until ’07 (NY1)
- Shift in Financials Puts Pressure on Silver To Delay (NLG)
- The $456 Million Blog Scoop That Stalled Atlantic Yards? (AYR)
- New MTA Chief Actually Uses the Train (News)
- Long Planned, Transit Projects Get U.S. Help (NYT)
- Carbon Emissions up One-Quarter Since 1990: Study (Common Dreams)
- Unhappy With Feds, Local Initiatives Tackle Climate Change (LAT)
- Climate change catching voter attention around world (Reuters)
- A Bike Commuter in Seattle (Sightline)
- Chinese Success Story Chokes on Its Own Growth (NYT)
Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.
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