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"Why Al Gore Is Off Base Criticizing President Obama as Timid" - John Norquist Contributes Op-Ed to US News and World Report
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 3:35pmIn an exclusive piece for US News and World Report, John Norquist questions Al Gore's recent criticisms against President Obama's environmental policies. Read it now.
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Obama seeking to spend $53 Billion on High-Speed Rail
Submitted by MattBerggren on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:49amJoe Biden announced yesterday that the Obama administration is going to request $53 billion for high-speed rail over the next six years. Check out Time's article.
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An impressive month for the federal sustainability partnership
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:42amIn a breathtaking series of press conferences and releases as well as a major report, the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities, which is led by EPA, HUD, and the Department of Transportation, have rolled out coordinated, multiple announcements of federal assistance to an impressive and wi... read more »
Norquist Op-Ed: Fund real main streets — not highways — with the "Jobs for Main Streets" bill
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 12:40pmThe rollout of Congress' latest stimulus bill has been all about "Jobs for Main Street." That's a great message, argues CNU President John Norquist in a timely ... read more »
Urbanist in Chief is shaping the nation's policy, CNU's Norquist tells Washington Post
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 8:14pmToday's Washington Post has a round-up of President Obama's efforts to make sure cities and
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VMT tax smackdown: LaHood says 'maybe,' Obama says 'no'
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 3:22pmU.S.
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Stimulate and Harness Neighborhood Value, Urban Sage David Lewis Advises Obama
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 11:10amLike Jane Jacobs, David Lewis held to a resolute belief in the power of traditio
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Kunstler's advice to Obama: Work with CNU to stimulate overlooked downtowns
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 11:33amFresh off his appearance in the New Yorker as a guide to the future — he'd argue near future — dislocations of the post-peak-oil landscape, Jim
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Retool America's Post-Oil Economy: CNU's Dan Solomon nails new "national purpose" in San Francisco Chronicle
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 7:38amIn yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle, CNU co-founder Dan Solomon writes that the US has both the need
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Sound Stimulus: How Congress Can Find and Fund the Roads that Reduce Our Oil Addiction and Improve Our Quality of Life
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Sun, 12/28/2008 - 9:49pmWith input from the incoming Obama Administration, Congress is now building a stimulus bill that will likely result in the largest investment in U.S.
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