Publication Items

Interest in High-Speed Rail Is Widespread [1]

The Department of Transportation awarded $2.4 billion for 54 projects in 23 states. The winners were selected from 132 applicants in 32 states, who had asked for a total of $8.8 billion for planning, construction, equipment purchases, and other closely related efforts.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Planning & Growth [4]
People & Population [5]
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Public [6]
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Improved Tsunami Warning System Still Needs Work [7]

A National Research Council report says one of the most significant problems is a continuing lack of communication between federal tsunami warning system officials; local officials and emergency managers; the media; and the public.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [8]
Planning & Growth [4]
People & Population [5]
Disasters [9]
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Public [6]
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Cities Attack Climate Change, One Kilowatt at a Time [10]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Canada, US, and Mexico) issued a report on Sept. 17, 2010, illustrating the steps 13 North American cities are taking, from small, planned efforts to reduce building energy use, to comprehensive, multi-sector adopted plans for reducing energy use.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [4]
People & Population [5]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Climate Change [13]
Region:
Mexico [14]
Canada [15]
International [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
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Public [6]
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Managing Stormwater: Key in Water Pollution, Beach Closures [18]

Here's a roundup of recent developments and resources that can help you cover how local stormwater management fits into the regional and national picture, including the Natural Resources Defense Council's 20th annual beach report and the proposed Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2010.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [4]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [8]
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National (U.S.) [17]
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Public [6]
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Studies: Lighten Up on Roof and Pavement Color [20]

While not a stand-alone climate change-fighting measure, converting roofs and pavements in tropical and temperate cities of one million or more people to light-colored materials would provide the equivalent one-time benefit of eliminating two years' worth of global CO2 emissions, or eliminating the emissions of 300 million vehicles for 20 years.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [13]
Planning & Growth [4]
Environmental Studies [21]
People & Population [5]
Science [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
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Public [6]
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New Federal Web Site Pulls Together Coastal Info [23]

NOAA's "State of the Coast" contains both quick facts and detailed information regarding this 95,000-mile-long zone and all the players involved. It generally addresses longer-term issues, such as environmental degradation, climate, hazards, economics, and demographics.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [12]
Planning & Growth [4]
Water & Oceans [8]
Government [24]
People & Population [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Extreme Heat Events Worse in Sprawling Cities [25]

A study was published in Environmental Health Perspectives found that the most sprawling US cities have 2.6 times the risk of deadly extreme heat events than those with the least sprawl — regardless of the population, location, or rate of growth of an urban area.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [13]
Planning & Growth [4]
People & Population [5]
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National (U.S.) [17]
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Public [6]
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Feds Have Sent Nearly $650 Million to Private Forest Owners [26]

The USFS Forest Legacy Program has awarded a total of $72 million to 36 property owners in 33 states and territories to apply conservation easements to their land, with the goal of preventing development or other uses of the land that would reduce its forest value.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [12]
Planning & Growth [4]
Forests [27]
Government [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Group Is Releasing Improved Conservation Lands Information [28]

The Trust for Public Land's updated online database includes mapping and a finer level of detail, such as information at the county and parcel levels, for some but not all states as yet.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [4]
Natural Resources [29]
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National (U.S.) [17]
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Public [6]
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Feb. 16 Briefing Helps Prep for Release of New US Ocean Policy [30]

RSVP by 4:00 p.m. February 12, 2010, to learn about the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force's proposed marine spatial planning framework for coordinating many ocean and coastal activities by multiple agencies and actors.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [4]
Water & Oceans [8]
Government [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
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Public [6]
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