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“Mad Men” Make it Clear Why High-Speed Rail is a Winner [VIDEO]

March 11, 201114 years ago Zachary Shahan 2 Comments

I’ve written about high-speed rail quite a lot on here. Clearly, I think it’s one of the best transportation options we can invest in. Although, while I’ve tried to explain why numerous times, I don’t think I ever did so as well as actors Vincent Kartheiser and Rich Sommer of “Mad Men” do in the clip below. Kartheiser and Sommer teamed up with the U.S. PIRG and Funny Or Die to create this video in order to bring support for high-speed rail into the mainstream (for obvious reasons).

High Speed Rail Meets the Beavis and Butthead School of Transportation Planning

March 5, 201114 years ago Tina Casey 9 Comments

With oil prices spiking and the nation’s rail system in urgent need of an overhaul, it would seem like the last thing we need is more roads and less rails. And yet, that’s just what we’re getting. The governor of one state recently turned down a chance to build a … [continued]

High-Speed Rail Could Get $53 Billion More from Obama Administration [VIDEO]

February 9, 201114 years ago Zachary Shahan 4 Comments

In addition to the $27 million for solar and $50.5 million for offshore wind Obama just announced, Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood also let us know yesterday that another $53 billion is being proposed for high-speed rail. This is in addition to the $8 billion awarded at the … [continued]

Cleantech Politics News of the Week

February 5, 201114 years ago Zachary Shahan 3 Comments

Here’s a wrap-up of some of the good or big cleantech (and dirty tech) politics stories we didn’t cover from the last week or so, to complement our wrap-ups of big solar and wind energy news and other cleantech news. Obama Says “Climate Change” Again As I noted over on … [continued]

Other Cleantech News of the Last Week (or So)

February 5, 201114 years ago Zachary Shahan 1 Comment

Along with earlier wrap-ups of cleantech politics news and solar and wind energy news, here’s a wrap-up of some other cleantech news of the past week or so. Cleantech a Major Reason Why Siemens is Making So Much Money Siemens has beating analysts’ projections of how much money they are … [continued]

Obama State of the Union Address 2011 [w/ VIDEO]

January 26, 201114 years ago Zachary Shahan 5 Comments

I’ve done an early read of reactions to Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address (full text) from leading green thinkers around the web. It is always interesting to see how different people with the same overall intentions view something — what they focus on can be quite different. Reflecting … [continued]

Clean Transportation Link Drop

January 25, 201114 years ago Zachary Shahan 2 Comments

Some of the best or biggest clean transportation news from the past week (other than what we covered): Road Trains This is actually an idea my dad had a few years ago. I figured at that time someone was probably working on it, but had never heard of such a … [continued]

Cleantech News Link Drop

January 17, 201114 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

I decided to leave last week’s roundup of cleantech (or related) news that we didn’t already cover on Cleantechnica to today (for various reasons). So, now, here’s the roundup. China’s High-Speed Trains [VIDEOS] Why fly when you can travel the 1000km between Guangzhou (Canton) near Hong Kong to Wuhan – … [continued]

Obama Teaches Bush How to Create Jobs, Creates More in 2010 than Bush Did in…

January 12, 201114 years ago Zachary Shahan 18 Comments

You may have heard the news by now (it’s pretty big news) — new info out by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 1.1 million jobs were created in 2010 under the Obama administration and a Democratic (though, severely obstructed) Congress. That’s more than the 1 million jobs … [continued]

China Moving Forward on World’s Largest Solar Roof

January 11, 201114 years ago Zachary Shahan 7 Comments

Who’s getting the world’s largest solar roof? China, of course. The Nanjing South Railway Station, to be specific. Building solar roofs on top of railway stations (where the world’s fastest trains are running) seems to be a growing trend in China. The 7-MW solar roof on the Nanjing South Railway … [continued]