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Will Congress act to keep tax-break parity for transit and parking?
Posted by Liz Borkowski on November 28, 2011
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The UN climate talks going on in Durban aren’t likely to lead to any major breakthroughs, but it would be nice if the US could at least avoid backsliding on the better-than-nothing steps it’s taken on emissions. One important step for controlling emissions is ensuring the availability of affordable public transportation. Congress has helped make…
Japan’s Tipping Point in Response to Climate Change: Will the Canary Survive the Coal Mine?
Posted by The Pump Handle on November 21, 2011 by Mark Pendergrast I’m going to talk about Japanese renewable energy in a minute, but first let me explain why. In 2010, I published a book on public health (Inside the Outbreaks), and as a follow-up, I concluded that the overarching threat to the world’s public health that we face in the coming decades is…