News for July, 2009
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Last Thursday, July 23rd, CNT and the Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP) brought together thirty of Baltimore’s transportation professionals and community members for “Bridging the Gap,” a daylong workshop on public involvement for transportation projects.
“Bridging the Gap” is an ongoing project to identify points of miscommunication between transportation agencies and community-based organizations (CBOs) in transportation planning and development. When agencies and communities are not engaged in a productive public involvement process, conflicts may lead to costly delays and failure to meet the original goals of a project. The workshop delivered in Baltimore included a series of activities, developed from CNT’s research, that promote trust-building and understanding between participants, and demonstrate tools for future collaboration.
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
Today at noon, CNT’s Vice President of Policy, Jacky Grimshaw, will be at the Governor’s capital bill signing to outline how the bill provides a major opportunity to create good jobs and make our communities cleaner, greener, healthier and better positioned to profit in the energy economy of the future. Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, will sign the long-delayed legislation, creating a huge public works program – at $29 billion – to help the Illinois economy.
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Last Friday, H.R. 2454 – the American Clean Energy & Security Act (ACES), also known as the Waxman-Markey Bill – successfully passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 219 to 212. This Thursday, a Senate counterpart to the plan was officially unveiled by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
The bill calls for an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, along with programs to encourage renewable energy production. This landmark legislation is the first to focus on comprehensive and direct solutions to climate change. The bill successfully targets climate change by focusing on short-term solutions like provisions for creating energy-efficient buildings—solutions that can reduce energy usage and save Americans money.
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
By 9:30 in the morning at Thomas Chalmers Specialty School, it was about seventy degrees, sunny and beautiful. The week before, workers removed the slab of asphalt that covered about an 1800-square foot plot, now replaced by a thick patch of mulch—ready and waiting for planting. On this Friday morning in June, thirty-five 6th and 7th grade students joined Baxter International and CNT staff to plant the recreated space with 500 native plants. For a few students, this was even their very first time handling plants.
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