Today’s Headlines
Saturday Ties for Warmest January Day Ever in NYC Coney Island Polar Bears Stage Global Climate Change Demonstration (NYT) Ancient Global Warming was Jarring, Chaotic: U.C. Davis Study (LAT) Japan: Better Prepared to Prosper in a World of High Energy Prices (NYT) Park Slope: One of America’s Top 10 Eco-Neighborhoods (Natural Home) “Accident Forgiveness,” New … Continued
9:00 AM EST on January 8, 2007
- Saturday Ties for Warmest January Day Ever in NYC
- Coney Island Polar Bears Stage Global Climate Change Demonstration (NYT)
- Ancient Global Warming was Jarring, Chaotic: U.C. Davis Study (LAT)
- Japan: Better Prepared to Prosper in a World of High Energy Prices (NYT)
- Park Slope: One of America’s Top 10 Eco-Neighborhoods (Natural Home)
- “Accident Forgiveness,” New Trend in Auto Insurance. Is it Ethical? (IRMI)
- Insurance by the Mile: A Simple Way to Slow Global Warming (Harper’s)
- Greenpoint Oil Spill, Bigger Than Exxon Valdez, Still in Court (Curbed)
- Exxon Mobil’s Biggest Oil Spill? Look in Brooklyn, Not Alaska (Common Dreams)
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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