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Organizing progressives Did: To do: Solidify talking points with Cindy Organizing for Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida Did: Called all the DECF county presidents to invite them to DECF RTCW Meeting 1 To do: Organize meeting 2 with Tiff, Judy,...
by Rachel Brown
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on Thu May 18, 2023 at 08:29 PM PDT
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The residents of rural Fresno County living outside its 15 cities, including thousands in more than 30 disadvantaged unincorporated communities, were placed on the political chopping block earlier this month. In a last minute proposal on how to split...
by airfrezno
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on Tue Jul 19, 2022 at 08:38 AM PDT
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Accidental IMPOTUS declares 'total landscaping'. Like most of the suburbs, sprawl is about greater landscaping that comes with larger lawns. This was a sprawl election. The 2020 result promises to profoundly alter the nation’s direction, forcing an...
by annieli
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on Mon Nov 09, 2020 at 09:05 AM PST
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Tonight—in fact, right now— CDOT is holding the third of two public meetings about their proposal to revamp a portion of east I-70 in North Denver. Third of two? Snow caused the cancellation of las
by Leftcandid
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on Wed Feb 03, 2016 at 04:38 PM PST
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If indeed the continued proliferation of the personal automobile is not compatible with the future we want as I have suggested in Part 1 of this series, the question naturally becomes: How exactly ...
by citisven
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on Wed Sep 16, 2015 at 04:00 PM PDT
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With the fiscal cliff, Israel's escalating war with Gaza, and looming battles over immigration reform, transportation policy may not be on the top of everybody's minds. But one of my friends, a ...
by MrAnon
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on Thu Nov 15, 2012 at 07:44 PM PST
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WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2011 -- In an initiative apparently designed to win environmentally minded voters to GOP ranks, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner is today introducing a bill ...
by Kaid at NRDC
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on Fri Apr 01, 2011 at 09:06 AM PDT
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A new, peer-reviewed analysis performed by the staff of Jonathan Rose Companies , with assistance from the federal EPA, shows the power of a superior ...
by Kaid at NRDC
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on Thu Mar 10, 2011 at 08:54 AM PST
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I’m going to start by being deliberatively provocative: “cities” may not matter nearly as much as we sometimes suggest. I surround the word with quotation marks, ...
by Kaid at NRDC
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on Tue Nov 09, 2010 at 06:42 AM PST
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Queen Creek, Arizona, is on the far southeastern fringe of metropolitan Phoenix. According to Google Maps, it’s 38 miles and about an hour to central Phoenix by the shortest route.
by Kaid at NRDC
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on Thu Oct 28, 2010 at 09:18 AM PDT
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I gave a presentation about sustainable communities on October 6, which happened to be International Walk to School Day .� In my talk, I mentioned ...
by Kaid at NRDC
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on Thu Oct 21, 2010 at 10:35 AM PDT
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There is no question that environmental sustainability requires, among other things,�more efficient use of land.� Indeed, I have�basically staked my career on the proposition that ...
by Kaid at NRDC
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on Mon Apr 19, 2010 at 05:15 AM PDT
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When The Great Lakes Compact, a management and conservation plan, was approved in 2008, did the eight signatory states and two Canadian provinces intend that diverted water would help the first ...
by jer45
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on Sun Apr 04, 2010 at 05:56 PM PDT
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An upcoming PBS series on the future of Florida contrasts the two Sunshine State communities of Venice (below left) and Lehigh Acres (below right).� Venice has a traditional town layout, ...
by Kaid at NRDC
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on Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 05:56 AM PDT
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For smart urbanism to be more than a boutique product, it must become not an experiment but standard practice in jurisdictions across the county. When Parris Glendening was governor in the late ...
by Kaid at NRDC
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on Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 06:36 AM PST
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Subdivisions secured by gates intended to exclude outsiders may not be safer than those that are fully public.� This is because they can lack the social cohesion and interaction with the ...
by Kaid at NRDC
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on Wed Jan 20, 2010 at 07:08 AM PST
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My NRDC colleague Laura Wright has written -- and our independent magazine, OnEarth , has published -- a ...
by Kaid at NRDC
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on Thu Jan 07, 2010 at 06:03 AM PST
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The book which is reviewed here makes a point that contradicts our assumptions.
Green Metropolis by David ...
by Frank Palmer
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on Mon Oct 05, 2009 at 09:12 AM PDT
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An open letter to Republican officeholders, candidates and voters:
I am no one in particular. I'm not an elected official, a government employee, a lobbyist or an activist. Nor am I a member of the ...
by Geenius at Wrok
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on Thu Aug 13, 2009 at 08:11 AM PDT
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In about 49 states (Hawaii being a notable exception), public schools are run by local districts. The districts may be units of city/town government, or of a county, or be independent districts. ...
by K S LaVida
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on Sat Jun 20, 2009 at 02:58 PM PDT
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