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New Environment-Related CRS Reports Available [1]

Congress still forbids the Congressional Research Service to release publicly reports that taxpayers have paid for. Thanks to groups like the Federation of American Scientists, however, taxpayers can read the reports online despite the charade.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Technology [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
Government [6]
Disasters [7]
Climate Change [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about New Environment-Related CRS Reports Available [1]
Interest in High-Speed Rail Is Widespread [10]

The Department of Transportation awarded $2.4 billion for 54 projects in 23 states. The winners were selected from 132 applicants in 32 states, who had asked for a total of $8.8 billion for planning, construction, equipment purchases, and other closely related efforts.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Planning & Growth [12]
People & Population [13]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Interest in High-Speed Rail Is Widespread [10]
EPA Proposes Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy Trucks, Buses [14]

The standards, now in a 60-day comment period, cover three types of heavy trucks but would not apply to vehicles built before the 2014 model year.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Government [6]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about EPA Proposes Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy Trucks, Buses [14]
3/4 of Public Transportation Measures Approved in 2010 [16]

Some involved new fees, taxes, or bonds, while others didn't dip into voters' wallets. Get a thumbnail sketch of each measure, and its fate at the hands of voters
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about 3/4 of Public Transportation Measures Approved in 2010 [16]
Study: Winter Road Safety Means More Environmental Toxicity [17]

Salt and other substances used to make roads and other paved surfaces safer contaminate water ways with deadly toxicity levels that can even last till summer in some areas, according to a USGS study.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Pollution [18]
Chemicals [19]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Study: Winter Road Safety Means More Environmental Toxicity [17]
15 States Get More Federal Recreational Trails [20]

The National Trails system, already stretching more than 12,500 miles, expands with the addition of 31 more trails totalling 716 miles.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [21]
Transportation [3]
Government [6]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
Northwest (OR WA) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about 15 States Get More Federal Recreational Trails [20]
Local Officials, Residents, in Dark on Nearby Hazardous Rail Cargoes [29]

Sixty-two U.S. urban areas are threatened by hazardous rail cargoes, but federal agencies still refuse to let many firefighters, governments, and citizens know the rail routes used to transport cargoes that could kill tens or hundreds of thousands.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [19]
Disasters [7]
Transportation [3]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Local Officials, Residents, in Dark on Nearby Hazardous Rail Cargoes [29]
Who's Biking/Walking in Your State and City? [30]

The Alliance for Biking and Walking's second biennial report, while mainly a recitation of statistics, is a highly useful source of leads and context for transit-related stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [31]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Who's Biking/Walking in Your State and City? [30]
Local Auto Shows Offer Hook for Covering Green Vehicles [32]

It may be worth covering an auto show near you this year, since greener cars of many stripes are drawing more attention by manufacturers, consumers, and regulators.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Technology [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [31]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Local Auto Shows Offer Hook for Covering Green Vehicles [32]
Lobbyists Target Hundreds of Billions in Transportation Spending [33]

Congress must once again approve a 6-year plan for transportation funding. Lobbyists on all sides of the issues have already spent about $45 million in just the first half of 2009, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [31]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Lobbyists Target Hundreds of Billions in Transportation Spending [33]

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