- City Spends $140m on New Radio System; Transit and Street Cops Still Can't Talk (NYT)
- Ground-Breaking for Second Avenue Subway: Happening in Our Lifetime (NY1)
- Gasoline Spill Reaches Bronx River (Daily News)
- Riverkeeper Sues Exxon for Newtown Creek Dumping (Daily News)
- Times Skeptical on Bush's Energy Promises (NYT)
- Reality Check on President's Fuel Economy Plan (Wired)
- At Davos, a Call for Higher Taxes to Pay for Damage to Planet (Guardian)
- Pollution Imperils Jamaica Bay Marshlands (Daily News)
- Paper's Editorial Strategy on Oil Task Force Report: Ridicule (Wisconsin State Journal)
- State to Hold Hearings on LIRR Gaps (AMNY)
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