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Tuesday’s Headlines Won’t Reconcile

Republicans who want to repeal the Biden Administration's limits on tailpipe emissions had their hopes dashed by the Senate parliamentarian.

  • Senate Republicans are not allowed to use reconciliation to repeal the Biden administration's emissions regulations and electric vehicle incentives with a simple majority, the Senate parliamentarian ruled. That means allowing more pollution would required 60 votes to avoid a filibuster, a much more difficult task. (Reuters)
  • Tucked away in the aforementioned reconciliation bill: a measure to sell off the U.S. Postal Service's brand-new pedestrian-friendly electric mail trucks for pennies on the dollar. (Electrek)
  • More than 80 percent of people worldwide, including 75% of Americans and 63% of Republicans, support taxing oil and gas companies to pay for the damage caused by climate change. (Oxfam)
  • The Eno Center for Transportation updated its database of global transit project costs and issued a report on recruiting, training and retaining professionals to manage those projects.
  • An agreement between the Federal Highway Administration and the Texas DOT will allow the state to fast-track freeway projects by doing its own environmental reviews. (Texas Tribune)
  • Driven by the Redmond light rail expansion, Sound Transit boardings hit a record 3.2 million in May. (Everett Post)
  • Ridership on the L.A. Metro is down 10-15% because the Trump administration's immigration crackdown is scaring people into staying home. (Los Angeles Times)
  • A San Francisco cyclist sued Waymo, saying that one of its robotaxis doored her while she was riding in a bike lane, sending her flying into a second Waymo that had also pulled into the bike lane. (Futurism)
  • A man who was struck and killed by a MAX train in Portland while riding his bike was identified as an 81-year-old activist who started an Anchorage bikeshare in the 1970s. (Oregonian)
  • In Surprise, Arizona, residents were shocked when the city ended an on-demand microtransit service many seniors depended on. (Arizona Republic)
  • The cult classic comedy "Office Space" was inspired by the car-choked suburbs of Texas cities. (Houston Chronicle)

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