Today’s Headlines

By Elana Schor
Apr 30, 2010

The details on that post-Toyota auto safety reform bill that Congress is drafting (Free Press)

LaHood speaks out on distracted driving in a HuffPost op-ed

Sen. Graham (R-SC) tells Ezra Klein that White House’s vehement rejection of carbon fees as a "gas tax" helped push him away from the negotiating table on climate change

Green Buildings Council, Congress for the New Urbanism, and the Natural Resources Defense Council release a new guide to sustainable neighborhood design (USGBC Press)

LaHood advises North Carolina’s various metro planning orgs to "speak with one voice" in order to get a greater shot at winning federal transportation funding (W-S Journal)

Could Pennsylvania make a fourth attempt at winning federal support for new tolls on I-80? (Trib-Review)

Sen. Voinovich (R-OH) continues to step up his calls for a gas tax increase (Dispatch)

Treasury Dept. defends its fuzzy math on General Motors’ bailout loan repayment (SF Chron Blogs)

American Lung Association reports that six in 10 individuals living with polluted air (AP)

Oberstar takes aim at EPA for blog post on the benefits of vegetarianism (Star-Trib Blogs)

Meanwhile, the EPA is evaluating the new, possibly-carbon-fee-having Senate climate bill … but they’re not using actual legislative language (MoJones Blog)

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Photo: Erica Fischer, CC

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Photo: Richard Masoner/Flickr

Wednesday’s Headlines Had to Regulate

By Blake Aued | Sep 28, 2022

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By Streetsblog | Sep 27, 2022

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