A New Yorker leaves a smaller carbon footprint by drinking a French Bordeaux shipped across the Atlantic (2.93 pounds of carbon per bottle) than drinking a Napa Merlot (7.05 pounds). Acid-rain levels have dropped 60 percent since the early 1990s; air quality has improved 91 percent in terms of lead content. Tossing all the toilet [...]
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Five Friday Facts
September 11th, 2009 
Justin Manger 
Posted in 2nd Green, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger 
Tags: Environment, High Speed Rail, Water Conservation 
No Comments »Recap of Last Friday’s NPR Series on High Speed Rail
September 10th, 2009 Eric Wilson As the final installment in National Public Radio’s week long series on high speed rail, two Chicago based reporters looked at the Midwest region, which hopes to connect 12 major metropolitan cities. Union Station in Chicago is the fourth busiest train station in the nation, having served 3 million people last year. Under the Midwest [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: High Speed Rail, Saint Louis Missouri, Stimulus Bill, Trains No Comments »Recap of Thursday’s High Speed Rail on NPR
September 7th, 2009 Eric Wilson Last Thursday, National Public Radio’s week long series investigating high speed rail in the United States took a look at California’s plan as well as those who doubt that train travel is the answer to America’s transportation and energy future. NPR suggests that California may be the most likely place for a high speed rail [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: California, High Speed Rail, Stimulus Bill No Comments »Recap of Wednesday’s NPR Series on High Speed Rail
September 5th, 2009 Eric Wilson Wednesday’s story from National Public Radio week long series on High Speed Rail focused on so-called multimodal design or transportation. This idea goes beyond the rail system and into what happens when riders get off the rail. A major concern for commuters and rail riders is the complete public transportation equation. Once riders arrive at [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bus, High Speed Rail, Portland-Oregon, Public Transit, Saint Louis Missouri, Stimulus Bill, Trains No Comments »Recap of Tuesday’s NPR Story on High Speed Rail
September 3rd, 2009 Eric Wilson NPR reported on Tuesday, as part of their week long series on high speed rail in the United States, that the federal government has already received 278 proposal for rail projects from 40 states and Washington DC. These proposals are competing for the $8 billion (US) made available in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, President Obama, Transportation Tags: High Speed Rail, Portland-Oregon, Stimulus Bill, Trains, Washington DC No Comments »NPR Begins Week Long Series on High Speed Rail
September 1st, 2009 Eric Wilson Monday marked the beginning of National Public Radio’s week long series on high speed rail in America. The buzz surrounding high speed rail has been growing ever since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law earlier this year by President Obama. NPR reports that some forty states, as well as Washington DC, [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, President Obama, Transportation Tags: California, Colorado, High Speed Rail, Prius, Stimulus Bill, Trains No Comments »Five Friday Facts
July 31st, 2009 Eric Wilson High Speed Rail Last Thursday, the House of Representatives voted in favor of another $4 billion for high-speed rail projects, on top of the $8 billion that was part of the stimulus package. The Government Accountability Office’s summary of building costs in Europe range from $37 million to $53 million a mile. The Japanese lines [...]
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June 26th, 2009 Justin Manger 323,439 kilowatt hours are wasted every minute by inefficient home energy use. (IBM) With little or no intelligence to balance loads or monitor power flows, enough electricity is lost annually to power India, Germany and Canada for an entire year, according to IBM. If the U.S. grid alone were just 5% more efficient, it would [...]
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