What can you buy for $117 billion? According to Amtrak, you can cut travel times between major East Coast cities in half. You can operate trains at up to 220 miles per...
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Amtrak announces $117 billion concept plan for high speed travel
Articles from 9.29.2010
Regulators clear nearly 1,000 megawatts of solar for California deserts
Two more major solar projects moved ahead in the permitting process Wednesday after the California Energy Commission cleared the way to construction. The 250-megawatt...
House passes $1.01 per gallon of production tax credit for algae fuel makers
Algae fuel is likely decades from powering our vehicles, which is one of the reasons that federal lawmakers already are focusing on tax breaks for companies in the field....
Bingaman: Not enough time to move renewable energy mandate this year
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) said there is not enough time to make changes to a renewable power mandate and still move it this...
Prop 23 campaigns begin television battle for undecided voters
The air war over California's global warming law has begun. Flush with cash, the campaign to defeat Proposition 23, the ballot initiative that would suspend the...
BP ousts exploration chief, vows to boost safety
Reuters - BP Plc's incoming Chief Executive Bob Dudley has ousted the oil group's exploration and production chief following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and...
Sen. Graham will ‘block any effort’ to slow oil sands imports
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is vowing to thwart any legislation that would slow U.S. imports of Canadian oil sands, a major energy source that’s in environmentalists’...
World’s largest solar boat begins voyage to circle the planet
A giant solar-powered boat has begun its voyage around the world, embarking on a 31,000 mile, 160 day circumnavigation that follows the sun at an estimated average speed...
UN environment chief urges recycling of rare earth metals
AFP - The UN's environment chief on Wednesday called for a global drive to recycle rare metals that have hit the headlines in a spat between Japan and China, warning...
One fifth of world's plants threatened by extinction
AFP - More than a fifth of the world's plant species faces the threat of extinction, a trend with potentially catastrophic effects for life on Earth, according to...
New soccer ball produces electricity during games
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 180 U.S. lawmakers urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to fight back against what they called China's "unfair" tactics...
Obama says Salazar acted too slowly to overhaul MMS
President Obama is acknowledging that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar — and the White House — did not move fast enough to overhaul the former Minerals Management Service...
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