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Bush-era Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, a fan of national transport targets but not a transit booster, sings the praises of Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell’s infrastructure platform (Nat’l Review) Greenpeace is taking on Newsweek for its business ties to Big Oil’s lobbying group (GreenWire) Did House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) promise Rep. Anh Cao … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:48 AM EST on November 10, 2009

Bush-era Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, a fan of national transport targets but not a transit booster, sings the praises of Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell’s infrastructure platform (Nat’l Review)

Greenpeace is taking on Newsweek for its business ties to Big Oil’s lobbying group (GreenWire)
Did House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) promise Rep. Anh Cao (LA), the lone Republican to vote yes in Saturday’s health care vote, that he would visit Cao’s hurricane-wracked district to talk infrastructure? (The Hill)
Two EPA employees who published an op-ed and video critical of the congressional climate change bill are getting the cold shoulder from their government employers (WSJ)
…while the EPA takes a major official step towards regulating carbon emissions (Reuters)
House Speaker Pelosi’s push for a summertime vote on climate change is looking pretty genius (Ezra Klein)
New study finds Michigan’s roads in dire need of repair, with Detroit’s in especially bad shape (Free Press)

Elana Schor

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