Today’s Headlines
GM cars on the eBay auction site? It’s coming (NYT) 10 members of Congress dropped $500,000 on a taxpayer-funded trip to investigate global warming — seven of them ended up voting against the House climate bill (WSJ) Seattle orders up new fleet of diesel-hybrid buses (TreeHugger) Giving Mexican trucks access to the U.S. becomes a … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:48 AM EDT on August 11, 2009
- GM cars on the eBay auction site? It’s coming (NYT)
- 10 members of Congress dropped $500,000 on a taxpayer-funded trip to investigate global warming — seven of them ended up voting against the House climate bill (WSJ)
- Seattle orders up new fleet of diesel-hybrid buses (TreeHugger)
- Giving Mexican trucks access to the U.S. becomes a flashpoint for Calderon & Obama (JOC)
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