Posts tagged Pollution
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Breakfast links: Get around in Virginia
Businesses want streetcar; Road diet a success; Bike lanes… for whom?; DASH will cost more, do less; Weaver may run; DC government runs on hot air; Traffic causes asthma; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not here
Board says no to Wheaton gas station; HOT lane ramp pollution stirs opposition; NPS finds Jack’s replacement; This year’s bike lanes; Urbanism is not a fad; Movies by the ballpark; Pay for empty; The actual war on cars; Shorter Amtrak routes are best; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s the law?
U-turns on Penn illegal, really; CMs exempt from parking laws?; Bike easier to GMU; Arlington wants more CaBi; Tiny homes in DC?; DC’s most unsafe playgrounds; Commutes slower for black folks; Traffic pollution boosts autism?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breaking: Alexandria coal power plant to close next year
This morning, the City of Alexandria announced an agreement with GenOn Energy that will shut down the Potomac River Generating Station on Alexandria’s waterfront by October 2012. The closure is an air quality and environmental justice win for the region. The plant had been a significant point source of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide air pollution for the region, according… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Rent is too damn high
Simple steps to help affordable housing; Vancouver tackles homelessnes; Too much preservation?; Pharma company moves from sprawl to downtown; DC employees worried about transparency; EPA Smart Growth faces uncertain future; Parking lot to become green space; Grocery stores, “but for whom?”; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time to go
Metro closes @metroopensdoors; Elections chief quits; Wells calls for Thomas to resign; Hope for the Anacostia?; Montgomery approves first charter school; No free parking on commercial street; We don’t spend a lot on gas; A look inside Metro; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: A Sunday stroll around the nation
Charm City is walkable, too; Walking on the dock of the bay; Jan Gehl explains walkable cities; So. Maryland gets smart about growth; Klein dreams big for Chicago; Senate skeptical of ethanol subsidies; Can cars be “green”?; Atlantans warming to rail. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walkable retail for C. Park
UMD wants transit, town center; Restore the sidewalk; CSX blocking RI Ave bridge; Bond tax stays in budget; ART strike over sexual harassment, bathrooms; Anderson joins Planning Board; Sex and the city; The mother of all unexpected rankings; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Up, up, and away
Gray wants tall buildings EotR; Upping security; What’s affordable?; DC not really worst for business, redux; Bike beats car and bus; The Anacostia is really dirty; Alexandria rejects add-on tax; More on CaBi and bin Laden; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The word from the top
Baker has the right priorities; Good news in Gray personnel; Gabe not so radical?; On tenterhooks over committee assignments; Harassment on the metro; Bay cleanup could prevent smart growth; Affordable housing and 2 projects; More pedestrians hit in PG; New signage at Federal Triangle?; And…. Keep reading…