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Today’s Headlines

Washington D.C.’s Metrorail: The nation’s second-most popular subway, driven into disarray by underfunding and poor management (WashPost) New York’s state Senate president urges fellow leaders to get on the high-speed rail bandwagon (Times-Union) A second hole appears in Tulsa’s I-44 bridge, rated “structurally deficient” by the feds (T. World) The latest trend in electric cars: … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:52 AM EST on February 22, 2010

Washington D.C.’s Metrorail: The nation’s second-most popular subway, driven into disarray by underfunding and poor management (WashPost)
New York’s state Senate president urges fellow leaders to get on the high-speed rail bandwagon (Times-Union)
A second hole appears in Tulsa’s I-44 bridge, rated “structurally deficient” by the feds (T. World)
The latest trend in electric cars: Vehicles that feed electricity back into the grid (Fin Times)
Google aims to expand its HQ in an uber-sustainable fashion, seeking input from local leaders (TechCrunch)
Oberstar makes a public push for the House jobs bill, citing its extra infrastructure investment (GF Herald)
Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell unlikely to bill cities for the state DOT’s help with snowstorm cleanup (Philly.com)
Obama publicly explains how the recent blizzards mesh with climate-change science (Climate Progress)