- Congestion-Pricing Campaign Focuses on Asthma (Daily News)
- City Prepares to Regulate Pedicabs (City Room/NYT)
- Nuclear Expansion Is a Pipe Dream, Says Report (Guardian)
- Truck Parking Lot in Brooklyn Driven Out (Daily News)
- New Bus Shelters Vandalized (Gowanus Lounge)
- Personal Traffic Alerts, with Custom Data (NYT)
- China Urged Omitting Pollution-Death Figures (NYT)
- Chrysler Signs China Manufacturing Deal (NYT)
- Ford, Chrysler Join Group Calling for Cuts in Greenhouse Gases (Autopia/Wired)
- Companies Hiring Green Managers (NYT)
- Prius Brand Still Dominates Hybrid Market (NYT)
- Swedes Start to Question Heavy, Polluting Cars (NYT)
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