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August 21, 2009
Posted by David Pettit in Moving Beyond Oil
- Tags:
- electricrail, pollution, transportation
I was reading an article in the New Yorker by Ian Frazier about the Trans-Siberian railroad, the world's longest, when I ran across his statement that the rail line ran under electric power for both passengers and freight. This was...continued→
February 7, 2009
Posted by David Pettit in Moving Beyond Oil
- Tags:
- goodjobs, greenjobs, t4, traffic, transportation
I'm flying home from the Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference in D.C., enjoying having a row of three seats to myself. Yes, a person who is 6-4 can nap successfully athwart three airline seats, at least until the flight attendant...continued→
February 6, 2009
Posted by David Pettit in Green Enterprise
- Tags:
- blumenauer, cleantrucks, goodjobs, greenjobs, highways, hoffa, jobgrowth, klobuchar, portportoflosangeles, stabenow, t4, transportation
That's what Congressman Blumenauer of Portland, Ore., was quoted as saying today, talking about the convergence of the climate change emergency and the economic crisis: "We've got 'em right where we want 'em." What he means by that (I think)...continued→