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Cong. Blumenauer launches Livable Communities Task Force

October 21, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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blumenauer, congress, legislation, livablecommunities, smartgrowth, taskforce

Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) has long been the U.S. Congress's leading champion of smart growth.  On Monday, he announced the launching (if I recall correctly, actually a re-launching) of a Livable Communities Task Force within the Democratic Caucus of the...continued

Transportation Secretary LaHood leads the way on sustainability

June 18, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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community, DOT, highspeedrail, lahood, livablecommunities, locationefficiency, smartercities, smartgrowth, sustainability, transit, transportation

This is not your father's DOT.  A couple of days ago I wrote a post on the remarkable (and now three-agency) partnership on sustainable communities within the Obama administration.  Secretaries Ray LaHood (DOT) and Shaun Donovan (HUD) and Administrator Lisa...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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