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Fossil fuel burners resort to an innovative new strategy to defeat climate legislation, prodding their employees to become grassroots lobbyists (The Hill) The World Series is sparking another kind of competition — between local transit agencies that want to help shuttle the crowds (DailyRecord.com) Friends of the Earth remakes that catchy “I’m Just a Bill” … Continued
  • Fossil fuel burners resort to an innovative new strategy to defeat climate legislation, prodding their employees to become grassroots lobbyists (The Hill)
  • The World Series is sparking another kind of competition — between local transit agencies that want to help shuttle the crowds (DailyRecord.com)
  • Friends of the Earth remakes that catchy “I’m Just a Bill” song for this year’s climate change fight (WSJ Blog)
  • That Subsidyscope report on Amtrak’s per-passenger money loss? It doesn’t mean much (Yglesias)
  • China’s new high-speed rail plans are making one airline nervous about losing customers (Bloomberg)

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