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Detractors and backers of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline released separate reports Thursday designed to cement public support for their respective sides.

Green groups said the pipeline’s projected greenhouse gas emissions have been underreported, and that the Keystone project would greatly expand oil sands production.

And a coalition of oil companies and groups representing energy consuming industries, such as trucking and chemical manufacturing, said the pipeline would pump $1.8 billion into Nebraska’s economy between this year and 2029.

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New House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) has scheduled his first meeting to organize the panel for the 113th Congress.

Alternative transportation supporters are holding an "Anti-Auto" show in Detroit to counter the North American International Auto Show.

A Polish airline is beginning to use 787 "Dreamliner" airplanes after other airlines have halted service and the FAA has launched an investigation.

American Airlines is hinting at a redesign of its airplanes' exteriors amid speculation that a merger with U.S. Airways is likely.

President Obama will place Washington, D.C. license plates on his limousines beginning this weekend, the White House announced Tuesday.

The decision is being seen as a victory by advocates of D.C. statehood because they read "taxation without representation."

Obama's limos have previously had license plates that steered clear of the D.C. statehood debate.

The White House said Tuesday that Obama understood the concerns of statehood supporters, however.

“President Obama has lived in the District now for four years, and has seen first-hand how patently unfair it is for working families in D.C. to work hard, raise children and pay taxes, without having a vote in Congress," the White House statement said.

Washington D.C.’s Mayor Vincent Gray (D) thanked President Obama on Tuesday for changing his license plates in a symbolic move to show solidarity with the District.

Have spoken to White House & want to thank @barackobama for agreeing to place "Taxation w/o Representation" DC tags on his limo. #FreeDC

— Vincent C. Gray (@mayorvincegray) January 15, 2013

The State Department’s top climate change official says any hope of crafting a global greenhouse gas emissions accord means finding a recipe that countries view as consistent with their “core interests.”

State Department Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern, in a speech Tuesday, laid out State’s thinking about how to pull off the fraught, complex challenge of creating a new agreement in 2015.

“Anyone can say we should demand draconian, legally binding commitments to slash our emissions and to have those commitments subject to a rigorous compliance regime with tough penalties for non-compliance. But this is really just ambition on paper, because in the real world, countries will reject obligations they see as inimical to their core interests in development, growth and eradicating poverty,” Stern said in prepared remarks for the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.

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The union for New York City subway drivers is encouraging its members to slow down when they are approaching stations after a series of incidents involving passengers being pushed in front of trains.

The CEO of Chrysler-Fiat is arguing that the European auto market is “broken.”

A former Washington state travel agent is being accused of stealing airline flight miles from customers.

A Washington, D.C., police officer is accused of leaving a child unattended in a hot car.

President Obama has signed legislation doing away with a 1972 law that required auto dealers across the country to have booklets on hand about the crashworthiness of their vehicles.

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A California airport has withdrawn its request to opt out of Transportation Security Administration security screenings.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is planning to visit Detroit next week, fueling speculation of a light rail funding announcement.

Driverless cars are not popular among automobile manufacturers.

The CEO of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is stepping down.

Big-name companies like Dow Chemical and Alcoa are waging a public campaign against increased foreign sales of natural gas.

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s (R) proposal to eliminate his state’s gas tax has drawn sharp criticism.

A janitor at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport returned a lost iPad that contained $13,000 inside its cover.

Seattle’s Sea-Tac International Airport is offering free parking to passengers who are flying to Atlanta for the National Football League playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Transportation Report’s favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons.

A pair of Ford models, the Fusion and the Shelby GT 5000, have been rated as the most difficult cars to find on car lots.