May 2, 2013
by Rob Perks
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Rob Perks, Transportation Advocacy Director, Washington, D.C.
On Monday the Obama administration announced the president’s pick to take over from Ray Lahood as secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The nominee is Char… Continue reading
March 16, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Brad Plumer at The Washington Post’s Wonkblog put together a useful summary of the latest Economic Report of the President. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 6, 2013
by NRDC News
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NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry spoke with Frances Beinecke on a panel discussing the Keystone XL pipeline and the growing coalition of people who are fighting to stop it… Fran… Continue reading
February 3, 2013
by Dan Lashof
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Dan Lashof, Program Director, Climate & Clean Air, Washington, D.C.
Last week, World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim came out with a powerful, laudable statement supporting urgent action on climate change. “If there is no acti… Continue reading
December 7, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Slowly but surely, our country’s taxicab fleets are shifting to cleaner, greener vehicles. This is great news, especially given that cars are the main … Continue reading
June 25, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I believe that historic preservation in the right context – a healthy neighborhood – can be intrinsically green. Most historic buildings, at leas… Continue reading
April 18, 2012
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NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide
In a Washington Post article about the possibility of President Obama attending the U.N. Rio+20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Jacob Scherr was quoted, saying, “we think it would be a r… Continue reading
March 22, 2012
by Kate Poole
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Kate Poole, Senior Attorney, San Francisco
Barbara Kingsolver makes me want to go to Mexico City. In a recent novel, she describes the floating gardens of Mexico City known as Xochimilco as:
“…a mad maze of col… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 13, 2012
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York
The ocean waters under America’s jurisdiction are larger than any other nation. From the Coast of Maine to the Mariana Islands in the Pacific, U.S. marine waters are 23 percent great… Continue reading
January 10, 2012
by Ben Chou
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Ben Chou, Water Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C.
Much to the chagrin of many of my colleagues that call DC home, I live across the Potomac River in Virginia. While it may seem strange that I work in one “state” and liv… Continue reading
October 26, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
The map just above shows the degree to which twelve jurisdictions in the Washington, DC metropolitan area have experienced a housing recovery. In particular,… Continue reading
October 26, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
The map just above shows the degree to which twelve jurisdictions in the Washington, DC metropolitan area have experienced a housing recovery. In particular,… Continue reading
October 3, 2011
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
It should come as no surprise that fossil fuel companies are trying to discredit their biggest competitors: the clean energy industry. Together with their allies in Congress, they are tryi… Continue reading
September 23, 2011
by Rob Perks
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Rob Perks, Director, Center for Advocacy Campaigns, Washington, D.C.
Hot on the heels of Virginia officials celebrating the possibility of turning I-95 into a toll road, Maryland is looking to raise much-needed road repair revenues by r… Continue reading
September 13, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Washington, DC has a new program that allows homeless families to create “sweat equity” by helping rehab vacant properties, where they may then live fo… Continue reading
September 12, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I almost always agree with Roger Lewis, The Washington Post’s longtime columnist and urban savant. His Shaping the City columns, which have run twice m… Continue reading
August 17, 2011
by NRDC News
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NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide The Washington Post quoted Dan Lashof expressing concern about Congress getting in the way of any climate change action… Josh Mogerman criticized the Canadian tar sands oil industry’s greenwashin… Continue reading
Share on FacebookAugust 17, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
New data from Arlington County, Virginia, provide an in-depth look at how a jurisdiction known for great planning has leveraged excellent transit service and transit-oriented deve… Continue reading
May 5, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
Washington, DC’s historic, traditionally African-American neighborhood of LeDroit Park has quietly become an incubator for exemplary urban green practices.
Lo… Continue reading
April 26, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
Capital Bikeshare, Washington’s wildly popular bikesharing program, now claims to have nearly 11,000 members and 1100 bikes in circulation from “over 11… Continue reading