Posts Tagged ‘U.S. PIRG’

The High Cost of Nuclear Power: Why America Should Choose a Clean Energy Future Over New Nuclear Reactors

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

U.S. PIRG
Nuclear power is among the most costly approaches to solving America’s energy problems. Per dollar of investment, clean energy solutions – such as energy efficiency and renewable resources – deliver far more energy than nuclear power. This fact has important implications for America’s energy policy. By directing resources toward the most cost-effective solutions, we can make greater progress toward a secure, reliable and safe supply of electricity to power America’s economy.

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Mad Men on Trains

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Vincent Kartheiser & Rich Sommer sit down in 1965 to discuss trains and why we need them. Trains get you where you want to go, more directly than planes too.

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Do Roads Pay for Themselves? Setting the Record Straight on Transportation Funding

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

U.S. PIRG
Highways do not—and, except for brief periods in our nation’s history—never have paid for themselves through the taxes that highway advocates label “user fees.” Yet highway advocates continue to suggest they do in an attempt to secure preferential access to scarce public resources and to shape how those resources are spent.

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A Track Record of Success: High-Speed Rail Around the World and Its Promise for America

Monday, November 15th, 2010

U.S. PIRG EDUCATION FUND
“…the experience of high-speed rail lines abroad, as well as America’s limited experience with high-speed rail on the East Coast, suggests that the United States can expect great benefits from investing in a high-speed passenger rail system, particularly if it makes steady commitments and designs the system wisely. High-speed rail networks around the world have delivered numerous benefits.”

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Transportation for the Future

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

[kaltura-upload-widget wid='apl8x1u190' width='410' height='364' addpermission='0' editpermission='0' /] Video by Colin McCullough “We made this video for the US PIRG video contest, which asks ‘What is your vision of sustainable transportation of the future?’ Public transportation will play a major role, but no realistic vision of transportation should leave out electric cars and trucks.”

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