Month: February 2009
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Will Senator Boxer Give in to Global-Warming-a-Hoax Inhofe on Stimulus?
A $5.5 billion discretionary fund for transit projects is in danger of being handed over to the highway lobby by Senators James Inhofe, Kit Bond, and Max Baucus. Inhofe you will recall is the former Chair of the Senate Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee who boasted in 2005, "I called the threat of catastrophic global warming
the 'greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,' a
statement that, to put it mildly, was not viewed kindly by
environmental extremists and their elitist organizations."
February 3, 2009
Can We Learn from China’s Stimulus?
As our own economic-recovery package moves through Congress, Streetsblog Network member Stimulus Bike looks at the massive stimulus spending on transportation being rolled out in China, which was analyzed in a recent New York Times article. Much of China's money is going to high-speed rail, according to the Times:
February 3, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Senate Stimulus Bill Contains $2 Billion for High-Speed Rail (CHSRB) Schumer Outlines Plan to Provide More Stim Money for Public Transit (NY1) MTA To Consider Paying Millions in Muni Crash Settlements (SF Gate) SF Mayor Wants to Cut Legal Fund That Helps Tenants Facing Ellis Act Evictions (Beyond Chron) And He’s Against Putting Tax Measures … Continued
February 3, 2009