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Cleaner Cars to Drive Down our Gas Bills by 10% under Climate Bill
While the oil lobby continues its gas attack on climate legislation, a recent government study suggests that accelerating CAFE standards under the Waxman-Markey climate bill would actually lower our gas bills by more than 10% over the next two decades...
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Veterans, Clean Energy and Common Sense
Another Veterans' Day is upon us, a time to reflect on our armed servicemen and women who are stationed around the world to protect us. Many of these brave soldiers, sailors and marines have spent years serving in Afghanistan, Iraq...
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Major real estate report: shift to urban living is “fundamental,” outer suburbs may “lack staying power”
Last week the Urban Land Institute and PriceWaterhouseCoopers released their well-regarded annual analysis, Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010. The report, which has been published for the last 30 years, aims to advise the industry "on where to invest, what...
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Is Leaving It All Up to Insurance Companies the Best Way Forward on PAYD?
Last month, the California Department of Insurance finalized and released new regulations permitting California insurance companies to offer their customers the option of verifying the miles they drive. This has been called “Pay As You Drive Insurance,” even though there...
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All aboard: Cincinnati voters emphatically reject anti-streetcar measure
Cincinnati voters have rejected "Measure 9," an anti-streetcar initiative, by a 56-44 percent margin. The measure was aimed at killing a streetcar plan approved earlier this year by the city council, and would have required further referenda...
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