Today’s Headlines

  • Heads up to D.C. area readers: Today is the grand opening of the BikeStation, a new outpost for bike commuters and recreational riders (NPR)
  • Shocker: When "cash for clunkers" evaporated, so did U.S. automakers’ sales gains (CNN)
  • Transportation fatalities were down 10 percent in 2008, according to federal safety regulators (Prog. Railroading)
  • A must-read for Californians: Why the Senate climate bill is really Kerry-Boxer, not Boxer-Kerry (Grist)
  • Mountain bikers make their voices heard on Sen. Jon Tester’s (D-MT) Montana wilderness legislation (New West)

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Senate Climate Bill Delayed for Second Time

By Elana Schor |
Underscoring the growing intensity of the message war over climate change, Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) said in a joint statement this afternoon that they would delay the unveiling of their carbon-emissions legislation until late September: Because of Senator Kennedy’s recent passing, Senator Kerry’s August hip surgery, and […]

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