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News Flash: Since the administration has rejected any move to raise fuel taxes, it’s incumbent on the Department of Transportation to work with Congress to select another funding source for the nation’s infrastructure needs.

The Environmental Protection Agency concluded Monday that greenhouse gases threaten public health and the environment, a move that allows the agency to regulate emissions of the gases.

A provision inserted at the last minute into the House hazmat safety bill calls for the Department of Transportation to report to Congress on its efforts to address the longstanding problem of cargo tank rollovers.

WASHINGTON — Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he was crafting an infrastructure jobs program to supplement federal stimulus efforts.

Union Pacific Railroad opened a route through California’s Donner Pass to domestic double-stack intermodal container service, enabling the railroad to operate longer, faster trains.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general said the federal agency needs to work with Congress to develop a plan to fund the nation’s surface transportation network.

As customers seek ways to cut expenses and reduce their carbon footprint through the supply chain, warehouse operators are taking their own steps to trim energy use, optimize loads and automate processes.

The U.S. economy’s service sector contracted last month, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.

U.S. workers’ productivity surged in the third quarter to an annual rate of 8.1%, increasing at the fastest in six years, the Labor Department said Thursday.

American Trucking Associations Immediate Past Chairman Charles “Shorty” Whittington is attending the White House’s economic forum Thursday, which is being billed as a “jobs summit.”