Recent Streetsblog USA posts about EPA

EPA: Energy Efficiency Is About Location, Location, Location

By Noah Kazis | Mar 3, 2011 | 3 Comments

Where we live has an enormous impact on energy use, according to new research commissioned by the EPA. The report, “Location Efficiency and Housing Type — Boiling It Down to BTUs” finds that Americans use far less energy if they live in an apartment building in a transit-oriented neighborhood than if they live in a […]

GOP Moves Ahead With Deep Cuts to Transportation, Housing

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 9, 2011 | No Comments

The House Appropriations Committee voted last night to move ahead with deep spending cuts, totaling $32 billion, to the remainder of the FY2011 budget. It’s still not the $100 billion the GOP wanted to cut, and some committee Republicans voted no, saying the cuts were still too small. Tell that to Americorps volunteers, who will […]

EPA Recognizes Cities for Using Smart Growth Tools That Get Seniors Active

By Craig G. Simpson | Feb 8, 2011 | No Comments

Sprawl can take a disproportionate toll on older people. Their eyesight might make them nervous about driving at night, or unable to drive at all. It can take them a long time to cross wide, high-traffic arterial roads. Poor transit options can make them feel like a burden on others whom they depend on for […]

EPA Recognizes Small Towns and Big Cities For Smart Growth Efforts

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 2, 2010 | No Comments

When Don White was young, his dad would drive him from the Boston area to Blue Hill, Maine up coastal Route 1. “In those days,” he reminisces, “the road wound through little, small towns. And some of that has been bypassed.” The bypasses have been “hugely controversial, hugely disruptive, hugely expensive,” according to Kate Beaudoin, […]

Without a Plan, Sprawl Will Continue to Hollow Out Cleveland Region

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 13, 2010 | 25 Comments

If you want to get a sense of how devastating sprawl has been to the urban areas of northeast Ohio, head over to Woodlawn Avenue in East Cleveland. Between the rows of boarded up buildings, a house collapses onto itself. Graffiti pays homage to dead loved ones — “R.I.P. Fife.” Nearby, stuffed animals have been […]

Livable Communities Act Clears Senate Committee

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2010 | 10 Comments

The Senate Banking Committee voted 12-10 yesterday in favor of the Livable Communities Act, legislation that would bolster the Obama administration’s initiatives to link together transportation, housing, economic development, and environmental policy. Shaun Donovan, Ray LaHood, Lisa Jackson: Together forever? The Livable Communities Act would codify the partnership between HUD, US DOT, and the EPA. […]

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