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"Bike Shop in a Box" [1]

"So many of us have an old bike collecting dust in the garage. More often than not, they end up in the garbage. But ...one group has found a unique way to recycle them."
Transportation [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Environment Report [5], 07/16/2009
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"Fallen hero: the St. Lawrence Seaway at 50" [6]

When the St. Lawrence Seaway was opened 50 years ago, it promised to move the ocean 1,000 miles inland, boost commerce, and light cities. But some think it has been an environmental nightmare.
Transportation [2]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Source: Globe & Mail [8], 06/29/2009
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Pitching Diesels As An Eco-Friendly Option [9]

If you’re thinking about buying a cleaner, more fuel-efficient car, you might think a hybrid is your best option. But some automakers want people to look at an older technology when they’re looking for green cars: the diesel engine. The Environment Report's Julie Grant reports.
Transportation [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Pitching Diesels As An Eco-Friendly Option [10], 06/16/2009
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"Spain’s High-Speed Rail Offers Guideposts for U.S." [11]

The high-speed rail system in Spain is a huge success, and offers some lessons for Obama administration officials seeking to develop something similar in the U.S.
Transportation [2]
Public [3]
International [12]
Source: NYTimes [13], 06/02/2009
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Terror Hits Tourism Industry--Eco-And Other [14]

While the tourism industry has grown exponentially in recent years, it plummeted in the wake of Sept. 11 -- evidence of tourism's vulnerability.
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TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Transportation [2]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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Bike Sharing Programs Widespread [16]

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 [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Transportation [2]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [19]

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 [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [20]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Transportation [2]
Water & Oceans [23]
Biodiversity [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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Reporter's Toolbox: Might the Suburbs in your Area Become the Next Slums? [27]

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 [17]
Planning & Growth [20]
Transportation [2]
People & Population [28]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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Due Out Soon: TTI Mobility Study [29]

If you cover transportation or urban sprawl, keep an eye out for this year's Texas Transportation Institute mobility study.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [20]
Transportation [2]
People & Population [28]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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Plug-In Hybrids: Technology Rolls Closer to Reality [30]

In alternative-fuel transport circles, the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is the current Holy Grail.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [18]
Transportation [2]
Technology [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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