Arctic_national_wildlife_refuge_brochure.pdf (application/pdf Object) Key Indicators. Rail Rennaissance: We May Be About to Take a Huge Step Toward Reviving Train Travel | Environment. February 11, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Editor's note: Check out our recent storythe future of high speed rail in the U.S. When I was researching my book on the American rail system, I interviewed William Withuhn, Curator of the history of technology and transportation at the Smithsonian Institution. Now, maybe two years after my conversation with Withuhn at the Smithsonian, America may be coming around. On Tuesday, Vice President "Amtrak Joe" Biden and Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation, stood in 30th Street Station in Philadelphia and proposed making passenger rail part of the next transportation bill, which would mean carving out about $8 billion annually or $57 billion--over the lifetime of the bill--for intercity passenger rail service.
If this proposal comes to pass--it's part of the Obama Administration's push for infrastructure and more American jobs--it would be a game changer for passenger rail. Help Us Name and Shame the Climate Cranks Sabotaging Our Environment | Environment. February 14, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. For years, climate "skeptics" have denied the near-unanimous scientific consensus around global warming in an effort to delay action.
They're not "skeptics" -- they're cranks, and it's time to unmask those who are holding our nation's climate policy hostage. Will you join us? AlterNet is partnering with environmental author Mark Hertsgaard and other activist groups to name and shame the climate cranks sabotaging our nation's response to climate change. When every credible scientific organization in the world disagrees with them, why are these cranks still insisting that climate change is a hoax? Want to help? Visit the Facebook page for Generation Hot. Video of their encounters with the cranks will be shared after the fact with both mainstream and alternative media and circulated through the vast social networks of the participating organizations.
Let's call 'em out!