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Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [1]

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 [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Forests [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Transportation [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Biodiversity [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

Reporter's Toolbox: Might the Suburbs in your Area Become the Next Slums? [14]

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 [15]
Planning & Growth [3]
Transportation [7]
People & Population [16]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

Due Out Soon: TTI Mobility Study [17]

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 [3]
Transportation [7]
People & Population [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

Plug-In Hybrids: Technology Rolls Closer to Reality [18]

In alternative-fuel transport circles, the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is the current Holy Grail.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [4]
Transportation [7]
Technology [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

Feds to Report on Climate Change-Transportation Connection [20]

New report examines links between climate change and U.S. transportation.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [21]
Air [22]
Planning & Growth [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [7]
Policy [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

Air Pollution From Ships: New Laws, New Science [25]

Ocean-going ships are a major unregulated air pollution source.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [22]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [7]
Region: 
International [26]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

Plummeting SUV Prices Hit Local Car Dealers -- and Newspapers [27]

With gasoline at $4/gallon, SUV prices have been plummeting -- hurting not only local car dealers but the newspapers that depend on their ads.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [4]
Transportation [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/top-10-endangered-southern-areas [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [13] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [14] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal/reporters-toolbox-might-suburbs-your-area-become-next-slums [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [17] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/due-out-soon-tti-mobility-study [18] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/plug-in-hybrids-technology-rolls-closer-reality [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [20] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/feds-report-climate-change-transportation-connection [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [25] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/air-pollution-from-ships-new-laws-new-science-0 [26] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [27] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/plummeting-suv-prices-hit-local-car-dealers-8212-and-newspapers [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation?page=152 [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation?page=145 [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation?page=146 [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation?page=147 [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation?page=148 [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation?page=149 [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation?page=150 [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation?page=151