How Dems could derail transportation improvements

Published January 4, 2019 5:01am ET



If President Trump wants to make the trains run on time again, he better not forget the batteries.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York is warning that Senate Democrats will not get on board with an infrastructure plan if it omits “policies and funding that help transition our country to a clean-energy economy and mitigate the risks the United States already faces from climate change,” including investments in battery storage and electric-grid reinforcement.

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