National News Links Archive - August 2009
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National News Links
- Some buildings not living up to green label (New York Times, August 30, 2009)
- In New Orleans, Recovery Is Not Enough (New York Times, August 30, 2009)
- Towns Accommodate ‘Affordable’ (New York Times, August 28, 2009)
- Feds get $28B in requests for $7.2B to extend broadband (USA Today, August 28, 2009)
- Brewery buys commuter bikes for staff (Mail Tribune, August 27, 2009)
- Cities turn off streetlights to save money (USA Today, August 27, 2009)
- Deep in the wilderness, power companies wade in (Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2009)
- City moves to encourage pedestrian zones"> (Houston Chronicle, August 21, 2009)
- Roads that are designed to kill (Boston Globe, August 18, 2009)
- fCity unveils new iPhone application"> (KDKA, Pittsburgh, August 17, 2009)
- Strapped counties snap up parkland (Washington Post, August 14, 2009)
- 'Fastest dying cities' meet for a lively talk (Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2009)
- The days of a free bus ride are over (Oregonian, August 12, 2009)
- Valuable disposables: City may give incentives to recycle (Corpus Christi Caller-Times, August 11, 2009)
- Neighbors Twitter, blog to keep criminals at bay (Boston Globe, August 11, 2009)
- Cities tolerate homeless camps (Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2009)
- :-( help! asap: Iowans put 911 texting to test (USA Today, August 11, 2009)
- Where have you gone, Joe the Citizen? (New York Times, August 8, 2009)
- U.S. public transit improvements will be a tough sell (Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2009)
- On the fairway, new lessons in saving water (New York Times, August 5, 2009)
- Common Council OKs new ordinance on 'family' zoning (Daily Star [Oneonta, NY], August 5, 2009)
- More seek concealed weapons permits (USA Today, August 4, 2009)
- Postal Service may close hundreds of offices (USA Today, August 4, 2009)
- States give cyclists room to ride (USA Today, August 4, 2009)
- Is biogas the way to San Jose's energy independence? (USA Today, August 4, 2009)
- Federal agency plans distracted driving forum (New York Times, August 4, 2009)
- County fairs' cheap tickets lure big crowds (USA Today, August 2, 2009)