Topic – Government

Joe Romm

Renewable energy popularity

Fellow, American Progress; editor, Climate Progress, Jan 26, 12.

Gov investment in renewable energy nearly as popular as death of bin Laden

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Stephen Lee Davis

Real transportation reform?

Deputy Communications Directo, Transportation for America, Jan 26, 12.

Will the next few weeks hold real transportation reform or more blank checks?

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New transportation proposal would reform environmental reviews

Designed to speed up projects

Matt Dietrichson, Jan 25, 12.

The “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs” act contains a number of reforms designed to speed transportation project delivery.

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Joseph Minicozzi

The smart math of mixed-use

Principal of Urban3, LLC and formerly the New Projects Director for Public Interest Projects, Inc (PIP), Jan 24, 12.

Are cities missing the boat on tax base projects?

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Congress welcomed back by horde of transportation Issues

Many questions, little time

Matt Dietrichson, Jan 17, 12.

The House returns Tuesday to a mountain of unresolved transportation issues with little room for error and little time to get up to speed.

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Proactive commercial taxation possible in Vermont

Encourage property improvement

Matt Dietrichson, Jan 12, 12.

Planners in Newport City, Vermont are considering “reformed tax structures” to give downtown property owners an incentive to fix up…

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IPCC report: 80% renewables by 2050 is possible

If fully government supported

Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 29, 11.

Eighty percent of the world's energy needs could be met with renewable energy by 2050 with full government support to maximize the potential for renewables.

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Harris Co and COH fighting over collection and use of taxes

Astrodome drainage started it

Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 08, 11.

Harris County will ask the TX Legislature to give it the City sales tax revenues collected at its venues in retribution for the ReBuild Houston Initiative.

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Sheldon Whitehouse

Earning the scorn of history

US Senator, Rhode Island, Nov 02, 11.

We ignore the laws of nature of God’s Earth at our very grave peril

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City of Austin govt using 100% renewable energy

Largest all renewable govt

Jay Blazek Crossley, Oct 11, 11.

The City of Austin recently made all of its municipal buildings powered by renewable energy, becoming the largest local government to use completely renewable.

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