Today’s Headlines
The Senate environment committee was once known as a hotbed of bipartisan congeniality … though it can still look that way, judging from this year’s transportation debate (ClimateWire) The construction industry promotes the role it can play in economic recovery effort (Portfolio) Trucking industry accuses the New York Times of ill treatment after a critical … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:48 AM EDT on October 1, 2009
- The Senate environment committee was once known as a hotbed of bipartisan congeniality … though it can still look that way, judging from this year’s transportation debate (ClimateWire)
- The construction industry promotes the role it can play in economic recovery effort (Portfolio)
- Trucking industry accuses the New York Times of ill treatment after a critical editorial on Anne Ferro, the trucking lobbyist nominated to regulate truck safety, and a story on texting behind the wheel (Fleet Owner)
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, less than helpful on transportation reform despite its support for a gas tax hike, is shedding members over its opposition to congressional action on climate change (NYT)
- GOP pundit John Feehery calls Transportation Secretary LaHood “the only real PR bright spot” for the White House (The Hill)
- Chicago transit agency gets a new chief (Sun-Times)
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