Elizabeth Daigneau

Recent Articles

• Slow Down, Emit Less
• Apr 30, 2008
• Vehicles account for about 30 percent of Denver's greenhouse-gas emissions. That's one reason the city has agreed to participate in a new public-private initiative, Driving Change....

• Following the Money
• Apr 27, 2008
• Between 24 and 33 percent of the population searches online for information on how government is generating and spending money, according to a January survey by the...

• Certifying Prisoners as Drug Counselors
• Apr 23, 2008
• It is estimated that about 70 percent of the U.S. prison population committed a drug- or alcohol-related crime. California's San Quentin State Prison is part...

• When the Buses are Parked
• Apr 20, 2008
• People stuck working odd hours -- early morning or late night -- are usually out of luck if their ride is public transportation. Outside of...

• Growing Jobs in the Inner City
• Apr 13, 2008
• Small firms with fewer than 20 employees are the greatest source of new net employment in inner cities, and account for 80 percent of total employment in...

• Old Ideas Revisited
• Apr 9, 2008
• At Idea Center a lot of the programs and trends highlighted here are written about while they're still being piloted, and before they even catch...
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• Giving Life the High-Tech Way
• Apr 6, 2008
• Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood, according to the American Red Cross. But only 5 percent of the eligible population donates blood...

• Taking E-Health Rural
• Apr 2, 2008
• Physicians practicing in rural areas typically have little or no access to high-speed Internet, and as result can't take advantage of the latest breakthroughs in...

• Ecotouring the Keystone State
• Mar 30, 2008
• Ecotourism is big business in Pennsylvania, where more than $2 billion is spent annually on outdoor activities. Yet the state park system, which doesn't charge admission...

• Tech Training for Life
• Mar 26, 2008
• Today's high-tech global economy requires that youths entering the job market have the training and life skills necessary to get and keep available jobs. In...

• A Safe Drinking Water Source
• Mar 23, 2008
• More than 95 percent of Wisconsin's communities rely on groundwater as their drinking-water source. In some areas of the state, 40 percent of that water shows detectable...

• Skipping the Farebox
• Mar 19, 2008
• Starting this week, Illinois joined Pennsylvania as only the second state to let senior citizens 65 and older ride public transportation for free. The fee waiver...

• Lawmaking for Everyone
• Mar 16, 2008
• State and local officials looking for ways to make the legislative process more transparent might find a new experiment from the private sector interesting. A...
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• When Trains and Cars Collide
• Mar 12, 2008
• Collisions between vehicles and trains are one of the greatest sources of injuries and fatalities in the railroad industry. In Michigan in 2006, there were 72 train/...
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• Resignation Watch: Limbo
• Mar 11, 2008
• Looking less likely today, according to NY Times. Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who has spent much of the day considering his options following allegations that he ...