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elleng

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1. 'If it's built, it will be built not to move people

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Jul 30, 2023, 01:59 PM

Jul 2023

— as many passenger-rail advocates renewed their hopes for in the wake of an Amtrak-loving Democrat’s election to the White House in 2020 — but to feed the beast of the global fossil fuel economy, the dominant contributor to human-caused climate change. ... Greenlighting the railroad would be the latest — and perhaps the largest — in series of energy-development moves by Biden’s administration that run counter to its stated climate goals.'

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Moffat Tunnel lease could become part of fight over Uinta Basin Railway [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP

'If it's built, it will be built not to move people elleng Jul 2023 #1

I report. You decide. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 #2

Thanks. Very interesting (and problematic.) elleng Jul 2023 #3

I had the windows open last night. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 #4