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I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-Robert Frost
photo by Joanneleon
News
May is National Bike Month with cities across the country participating in Bike to Work Day. This year, in collaboration with Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" program, the first ever Bike to School Day was also held.
The Boom in Biking Benefits Everyone, Not Just Bicyclists
https://www.commondreams.org/...
For the past year powerful voices around Washington have singled out programs to improve biking and walking as prime examples of wasteful government spending.
Since last summer, Republican proposals have flown around the Capitol to eliminate all designated funds to make biking and walking safer—even though biking and walking account for 12 percent of all trip across America but receive only 1.6 percent of federal funding.
All politics is local...start in your own neighborhood, your own local school and use this
website to organize the safest way for kids to bike or walk to school...it's good for them and it's good for the planet.
http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/
10 Airlines Snub Europe’s Emissions Rule
http://www.nytimes.com/...
Chinese and Indian airlines failed to submit carbon-dioxide emissions data for 2011, disregarding European rules that seek to expand the region’s emissions trading system to include aviation.
There has been “systematic non-reporting” of emissions to and from Europe from 10 airlines based in India and China, the European Commission said Tuesday in a statement on its Web site. The European Union expanded its Emissions Trading Scheme in January to include airlines. The new rules require carriers to submit data on their carbon emissions for last year, although carbon permits are not required for 2011 emissions.
Potomac River threatened by pollution, Congress, new report says
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
A new report named the Potomac the nation’s most endangered river, saying it is threatened by nutrient and sediment pollution that lowers the quality of drinking water and kills marine life and will only get worse if Congress rolls back regulations in the Clean Water Act.
Clean Vehicles: Scientific Solutions to Cut U.S. Oil Use in Half
http://www.ucsusa.org/...
Clean vehicle and fuel technologies provide the foundation for a practical, realistic national oil savings plan that would dramatically reduce oil use by boosting vehicle fuel efficiency, increasing the use of clean biofuels, and creating the next generation of advanced vehicles that no longer rely exclusively on oil.
Blog Posts of Interest
This is a new section in the What's Happenin' diaries that will be updated throughout the day to promote selected blog posts of interest on DailyKos and other blogs.
The Pete Peterson Fiscal Summit and What It Says About Democrats
http://news.firedoglake.com/...
Mario Batali a hungry chef on food stamp challenge
http://hosted.ap.org/...
Wonkbook: Of course Boehner wants another debt-ceiling showdown
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Runaway train on entitlement cuts?
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/...
Protesting NATO: What to Know About the Secret Service and H.R. 347
http://www.aclu.org/...
Mario Batali - Living on Food Stamps
http://www.dailykos.com/...
A Trial in Newark by rserven
http://www.dailykos.com/...