Amtrak in Illinois will receive $80 million in federal stimulus money to modernize train repair centers as well as to improve security and wheelchair accessibility. That’s according to a statement Wednesday from U.S.
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After much clamoring by energy hawks , who knows what it was that finally brought high-speed rail to the stimulus — perhaps a little nudge from ol’ Amtrak Joe ? — but it got in, to the tune of $8 billion RENO, Nev. — Conservationists argue in a new report that U.S. taxpayers should stop subsidizing a $100 million program that kills more than 1 million wild animals annually, a program ranchers and farmers have defended for nearly a century as critical to protecting their livestock from predators Silicon Valley clean-tech leaders are heartened by an energy agenda that starts with an emphasis on ‘smart grid’ technologies that encourage energy conservation. President Barack Obama declared Monday that California’s pioneering vehicle emissions controls, blocked for years by the Bush administration, will help launch a national effort to tackle global warming. More green: Energy | Living We’ve been talking about this for a while now, but mass transit is getting woefully little attention in the economic recovery proposals released so far by Democrats. The House’s stimulus bill, which is slated for a final vote on Wednesday, included only $10 billion for rail and other public transportation projects, compared with $30 billion for roads |
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