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Don’t Get Groped; Take the Train.

Image credit: White House As Brian has noted, In Ohio, the new Governor says “Passenger rail is not in Ohio’s future, That train is dead.” High speed rail is under attack by Republicans across the country. As people line up to get irradiated by the pornoscatter machines, or felt up by the TSA inspectors, perhaps they should give a thought to writing to the leaders they just elect… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Nuclear Waste Piling Up Across US: 138 Million Pounds and Counting

Photo: Topato , Flickr, CC … And nowhere to put it. What happens to all that radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants? Not much. In 1982, Congress mandated the construction of a national nuclear waste repository. It’s been nearly 30 years since then, of course, and there’s no such repository. Planned for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, it was scuttled by the Obama administration due to NIMBY issues — and there’s

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Yes, High Speed Rail is Still On the Way

Image: DOT . Click to enlarge Here are the updated plans I know that I’ve made a lot of noise about how high speed rail is falling apart (and getting replaced by out-of-c… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hey Congress, How About $4 Billion for High-Speed Rail?

Credit: Richard Fisher . Fourbillion.com wants folks to jump on the high-speed train, and pump up Amtrak, too. The four billion is a mantra being used by Transportation for America to push Congress to approve $4 billion more for bullet trains in 2011, and another $2.6 billion for Amtrak. Apparently, sixpointsixbillion.com was already taken…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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