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Gallons of Gasp		17 Jul 2001	Daily Grist
Gallons of Gasp A panel appointed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences has drafted a report recommending that the U.S. require automakers to improve the fuel economy of new vehicles. The 13-member panel, made up mostly of engineers and consultants who have worked for auto and oil companies, contends that fuel economy for cars and SUVs could be raised by as much as eight to 11 miles per gallon over the next six to 1 ...
Topics: placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

I Double Dare Ya	Ben White	08 Nov 1999	Muckraker
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market think tank not known as a particular favorite of enviros, issued a debate challenge to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change last week. In a letter published as an ad in the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, CEI Distinguished Fellow Jack Kemp, a one-time vice presidential candidate, congressman, football star, and all-around free-market guru, challenges the Pew Center to repudiate "alarmist ad ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Muckraker, placemaking, politics, sprawl (all these topics)

Sprawl and The Body Politic Jesse Ventura wants to ride light rail	Erik Ness	18 Jun 1999	Main Dish
PR professionals the world over must be scratching their heads at the sudden surge of interest in sprawl. The topic has all the sex appeal of a zoning meeting or a traffic jam -- being about zoning meetings and traffic jams -- and its number-one spokesperson is V. (as in vanilla) P. Al Gore. The planet almost tilts as the viewing public reaches en masse for their remotes, surfing for something more entert ...
Topics: Minnesota, placemaking, politics, public transportation, sprawl, state politics, urban planning (all these topics)

Sprawl Brawl	Ben White	28 Apr 1999	Muckraker
The Sierra Club released poll numbers recently indicating that 47 percent of voters would be more likely to support a presidential candidate prepared to aggressively attack the problem of urban sprawl. Most people associate VP Al Gore with that issue, but Seattle Mayor Paul Schell has his own ideas. Schell jumped on Bill Bradley's presidential bandwagon last week and told this reporter a large part of the reason was the former New Jersey senator and hoop ...
Topics: air pollution, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, non-government organizations, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, Seattle, Sierra Club, Texas, United States, Washington (all these topics)

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