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Local Auto Shows Offer Hook for Covering Green Vehicles [1]

It may be worth covering an auto show near you this year, since greener cars of many stripes are drawing more attention by manufacturers, consumers, and regulators.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Technology [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Lobbyists Target Hundreds of Billions in Transportation Spending [7]

Congress must once again approve a 6-year plan for transportation funding. Lobbyists on all sides of the issues have already spent about $45 million in just the first half of 2009, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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EPA Rule Targets Aircraft Deicing Runoff [8]

A proposed rule for control of fluid-contaminated runoff at primary commercial airports would reduce the substantial threats to drinking water, surface water, air quality, wildlife, plants, and soils at airports and the surrounding areas.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Transportation [3]
Government [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about EPA Rule Targets Aircraft Deicing Runoff [8]
Plug-In Hybrids: Coming to a School Near You? [12]

Current economic doldrums may impair the general market appeal of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles for a while, but hybrid diesel schoolbuses are one aspect pulling into high gear.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [13]
Transportation [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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State, Local Agencies Join Push To Clean Up Air Pollution at Ports [14]

A variety of initiatives aimed at reducing shipping-related emissions are in the works.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [15]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [3]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Terror Hits Tourism Industry--Eco-And Other [18]

While the tourism industry has grown exponentially in recent years, it plummeted in the wake of Sept. 11 -- evidence of tourism's vulnerability.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Bike Sharing Programs Widespread [19]

Bike sharing programs are becoming an increasingly popular way to provide affordable transportation that requires less energy, while boosting various sectors of the economy.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Transportation [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Bike Sharing Programs Widespread [19]
Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [21]

The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [22]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Forests [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Transportation [3]
Water & Oceans [17]
Biodiversity [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Reporter's Toolbox: Might the Suburbs in your Area Become the Next Slums? [28]

Are Peak Oil, the subprime mortgage mess and generational shifts ending Americans' love affair with the suburbs? That's what some high-profile urban planning types are postulating.
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [20]
Planning & Growth [22]
Transportation [3]
People & Population [29]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Reporter's Toolbox: Might the Suburbs in your Area Become the Next Slums? [28]
Due Out Soon: TTI Mobility Study [30]

If you cover transportation or urban sprawl, keep an eye out for this year's Texas Transportation Institute mobility study.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [22]
Transportation [3]
People & Population [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Due Out Soon: TTI Mobility Study [30]

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