- Sen. Kerry (D-MA) on yesterday's climate bill rollout, in his own words (Grist)
- Bad sign for that climate bill? Obama statement calls it by the wrong name, citing House version instead (WH Press)
- Obama urges Senate to defeat auto dealers' favorite provision in the pending financial reform bill (The Hill)
- How China is winning the worldwide high-speed rail race (WashPost)
- Rev. Jesse Jackson takes his transit-operating-aid advocacy tour to Birmingham, Alabama (B'Ham Biz Jrnl)
- Virginia's proposed tolls along I-95 could help free up funds to fight congestion on truck-laden I-81 (WHSV)
- Nissan is pinning its fiscal future on an electric vehicle boom (Earth2Tech)
- Tampa area officials debate the county's proposed transit sales tax (Tampa Trib)
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