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Jill Kubit, Green Jobs

2008-12-01T06:51:55Z

Green jobs are expanding, but not nearly fast enough, says Jill Kubit of Cornell University. Most of them are in developed countries, and they make up less than 5% of jobs in most countries across the board.

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Michael Renner, Green Jobs 2

2008-12-01T06:51:55Z

By and large, public transit systems are greener than an automobile-based system, says Renner, and we need a revival of rail systems and urban mass transit around the world.

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John McCain: Employee Town Hall 08/11/08

2008-10-28T21:31:28Z

John McCain
Employee Town Hall
Erie, PA 08/11/08

TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: Well, I just had a question about the mass transit in this country like high-speed rail, electric, this kind of stuff that families could use to commute east and west, north and south and do it cheaply.

JOHN MCCAIN: "[...] I think what you're doing here [at GE] is a natural extension of what you're going to see as an explosion of mass transit in America. Yeah. I can't tell you that I think the price of a barrel of oil is gonna come down dramatically.

"I'm happy to see, as you are, that it's come down some recently, but, to somehow think that the price of a barrel of oil is gonna be very inexpensive again, ignores the reality of two major economies (China and India) that are also competing for a finite resource. I mean, it's just a fundamental of economics and so I think that mass transit is gonna be a very, very big factor. A lot of the cities are doing it.

"My own hometown of Phoenix, Arizona—we are involved in mass transit and I'd also like to mention one other aspect of it. It seems, to me, that it's very much keyed to the efficiency of the mass transit. In other words, if you go do mag lab, if you do these other advance technologies that the price per passenger, per mile is dramatically lowered and, as the price of oil goes up—that goal, obviously isn't as hard to reach—but, if you can develop these technologies, which I am confident we will, that will carry a passenger further, at a—furthest—at a lower cost, we're gonna see an explosion of mass transit. I think you're gonna see of it—some of it like they're already talkin' about Dallas and Houston [...].

"Basically Amtrak, on the East Coast, is turning into a large, mass transit kind of an operation. I think you're gonna see the same thing on the West Coast and then obviously it will progress in the major cities in America. [...]"

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Mayor Karl Dean of Nashville, TN

2008-12-01T06:55:44Z

Mayor Dean expresses his frustration with Nashville's lack of action on mass transit, criticizes an English-only ballot initiative, and encourages the federal government to combat growing economic inequality.

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Singapore Tops Public Transportation Rankings

2008-11-20T11:56:45Z

Singaporeans are more satisfied with their public transportation than are citizens in 20 of the world's most populous cities. Gallup reports from the field on Singapore's technologically advanced and highly efficient mass transit system.

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Mayor Karl Dean of Nashville, TN

2008-10-27T15:30:30Z

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African migrants linger in transit "ghettos" - 13 Jul 08

2008-10-27T15:31:44Z

For many migrants, their journeys end well before they are able to leave Africa.

They get caught and deported, ending up in transit countries like Mauritania, Mali and Niger.

Casey Kauffman reports from Mali, where many Africans prefer to live in the squalid conditions of so-called ghettos, rather than return home.

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Oakland's for Obama on Super Tuesday

2008-12-01T06:30:50Z

An impromptu Barack Obama rally assembled in Downtown Oakland, California on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. Many people honked their horns in support.

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Giuliani: "You're all a bunch of morons."

2008-10-22T03:29:50Z

Rudy Giuliani insults city workers at town hall meeting June 27 2001. Larry Hanley, President of ATU Local 726, tries to ask then Mayor Rudy Giuliani about an inside deal to grant bus routes to connected private bus companies that contibuted to his campaigns. Giuliani aggressively refuses to discuss the issue, and states, "I do not talk to people that accuse me of corruption. That is the end of the conversation."

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Kill Bill 43!

2008-10-17T15:30:24Z

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Authors@Google: Ed Massey

2008-10-14T11:27:20Z

on June 28th, 2007 @Google talks welcomed Ed Massey to the Google NYC office to speak about the Garden in Transit program. In September 2007, an entire fleet of painted taxi cabs will take over New York City. Yes, we will be bringing in one of them into Tech Talk, so come to the event!

About Ed and the program : Ed Massey, co-founded Portraits of Hope with Bernie Massey, to continue their utilization of art and poignant visual imagery for large-scale projects of social consequence. The Portraits of Hope program is aimed at brightening and enriching the lives of children and adults - many of who may be coping with adversity, hardship, emotional or physical trauma, or serious illness - through their participation in creative, high-profile, one-of-a-kind projects. From its inception, Portraits of Hope has emphasized hands-on civic engagement opportunities for the broader public. Portraits of Hope's integrated elements are Goodwill, Art, Education, Health, Teamwork, Community Involvement, Achievement, Civic Responsibility and Visibility.

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