Today’s Headlines
Autobesity: We Have a Driving Problem (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) Bay Area Drivers Would Support 25 Cent Global Warming Gas Tax (SF Examiner) NY Assembly Minority Leader Says Cut State Gas Taxes Now (Cap Confidential) Poll Finds Citizens More Prepared for “Green Sacrifice” Than Governments (BBC) Portland Unveils Carbon Tax and Breaks for Developers (Oregonian via CTC) … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:09 AM EST on November 13, 2007
- Autobesity: We Have a Driving Problem (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
- Bay Area Drivers Would Support 25 Cent Global Warming Gas Tax (SF Examiner)
- NY Assembly Minority Leader Says Cut State Gas Taxes Now (Cap Confidential)
- Poll Finds Citizens More Prepared for “Green Sacrifice” Than Governments (BBC)
- Portland Unveils Carbon Tax and Breaks for Developers (Oregonian via CTC)
- Big Oil CEOs Say Supply Will Not Meet Growing Demand (Oil Drum)
- Last of Seized Park Land Fenced for Yankees Parking (News)
- Store & 200-300 Parking Spaces Planned for Historic Brooklyn Site (Brownstoner)
- Corcoran Urges Home Owners to Pave Their Lawns (Forgotten NY, Queens Crap)
- Times Editorial: Don’t Rush to a Fare Hike (NYT)
- Three Pretty Moronic Letters to the Editor Re: Last Week’s Grrdlock Article (NYT)
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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