Worse Than We Thought
According to a new report from the Economics for Equity and the Environment Network, the estimated cost to society per ton of CO2 released into the atmosphere may be 45 times higher than previously...
View ArticleMoving On Post Deficit-Hysteria
President Obama spoke to the press at the rose garden today to announce his signing of the Budget Control Act (the debt-ceiling bill) and to offer a glimpse of what he plans to focus on next. So, we’ve...
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Unless It Benefits The Working Class
Artist – Mike Keefe In other news, House Majority Shitkicker Eric Cantor threw cold water on the president’s proposal for a national infrastructure bank today by comparing it to a “Fannie and Freddie...
View ArticlePrivatizing Our Infrastructure is Bad
Brad Plumer at Ezra Klein’s place covers the upsides and downsides of leasing or selling off our roads and bridges to private corporations. The main problem here isn’t just that transportation...
View ArticleChris Christie is a Lying Liar
Shortly after taking office New Jersey Governor Chris Christie canceled a tunnel project, which was the largest public works project in the nation, that would connect New Jersey and New York and...
View ArticleThe Nation’s First High-Speed Rail Line
Good news — someone is moving forward in this country even if our Tea Party overlords in congress and Republican state legislatures say otherwise. California lawmakers have approved billions of dollars...
View ArticleLesson Learned?
Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, according to The New York Times, our national infrastructure has been upgraded from a grade of D to D+. Hooray? Here’s an old post I made in 2011 about the...
View ArticleInfrastructure? Who Needs It?
Warning: this is a very disgusting story According to Climate Central, over 10 billion gallons of sewage spewed into waterways and streets during and after Hurricane Sandy. Over 10 billion gallons of...
View ArticleThe Senators Who Filibustered the President’s Infrastructure Bill
Regarding that bridge collapse in Mount Vernon, Washington, here are the names of the senators who filibustered the president’s infrastructure bill via Bill Scher: Sen. Sessions (R-Ala.) Sen. Shelby...
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Infrastructure Deficit
South Platte River in Weld County, Colorado (AP Photo/John Wark) As you’re likely aware the state of Colorado has been battered by record-breaking floods that are now being called a 1 in 1,000 year...
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