Rail fail: Trump puts stop to $1 billion grant to California

Rail fail: Trump puts stop to $1 billion grant to California

by WorldTribune Staff, February 20, 2019 California Gov. Gavin Newsom charged that President Trump was carrying out “political retribution” after the Trump administration announced it was canceling a federal grant allocating nearly $1 billion to California for high-speed rail. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Feb. 19 said it sent a letter to […]

Green ambitions scaled back as funding realities hit cities, states

Green ambitions scaled back as funding realities hit cities, states

by WorldTribune Staff, February 20, 2019 The Green New Deal proposed by Democrats calls for the entire United States to be powered by clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources within 10 years. Cities and states which actually have turned to reliance on renewables, tried to institute carbon taxes, or envisioned massive high-speed rail networks often […]

Green fail: Trump wants fed money ‘back now’ after Calif. hits brakes on high-speed rail

Green fail: Trump wants fed money ‘back now’ after Calif. hits brakes on high-speed rail

by WorldTribune Staff, February 14, 2019 Gov. Gavin Newsom on Feb. 12 announced that California is ditching its plan to build a high-speed rail line connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. In March of last year, the California High-Speed Rail Authority announced that the L.A.-San Francisco line would cost $13 billion more and take four […]

China’s ‘four great inventions’ weren’t

China’s ‘four great inventions’ weren’t

by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2018 Chinese officials and state-run media have been boasting about how China invented high-speed rail, mobile payment, e-commerce, and bike-sharing. In a December 2017 tweet, the Global Times referred to them as “China’s ‘four great new inventions’ in modern times.” Most recently, National People’s Congress (NPC) delegate Pony Ma, the […]