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UCLA: SEA LEVEL RISE IS WORSENING HAZARDOUS SITES CONTAMINATION
BY KEVIN POLICARPO More than 5,500 hazardous sites across the U.S. are projected to be at risk of coastal flooding by 2100, according to a University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) research team report.[1] Oil and gas wells and industrial facilities that emit...
UCLA: SEA LEVEL RISE IS WORSENING HAZARDOUS SITES CONTAMINATION
BY KEVIN POLICARPO More than 5,500 hazardous sites across the U.S. are projected to be at risk of coastal flooding by 2100, according to a University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) research team report.[1] Oil and gas wells and industrial facilities that emit quantities of hazardous substances make up the largest proportion of contaminated sites, the report said: “Oil and gas wells and...
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PENN WHARTON SAYS TRUMP INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT
BY STAS MARGARONIS, RBTUS The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model predicts that the Trump Administration’s recently unveiled infrastructure plan will generate “little to no impact on the economy.” The report noted: “President Trump has presented a broad outline for infrastructure policy with a federal commitment of $200 billion. We find that most of the $200 billion will not...
WATERWAYS COUNCIL SAYS TRUMP’S INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT CARRIERS AND SHIPPERS
WATERWAYS COUNCIL SAYS TRUMP’S INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT CARRIERS AND SHIPPERS BY STAS MARGARONIS, RBTUS The President of Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) said that President Trump’s long-awaited infrastructure plan will negatively impact U.S. inland waterway operators and shippers. Mike Toohey, WCI President and CEO, said, “Carriers, and therefore shippers like American family...
SUPPORT TEXAS IN HURRICANE HARVEY AFTERMATH
by Stas Margaronis All Americans must support Texas and Texans in the aftermath of the destruction that is being wrought by Hurricane Harvey. The devastation is likely to require substantial rebuilding of businesses and homes and this process should begin as soon as possible. It is essential to avoid the slow response after Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana. Logistical support will play a...
REPUBLICANS SEEK RECALL OF DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR WHO VOTED FOR CALIFORNIA GAS TAX
By Stas Margaronis Republicans say they have sufficient signatures to hold a recall election for a Democratic State Senator in California who voted for a new gas tax aimed at repairing and rebuilding California freeways and roads. Repealing the new California tax, which is designed to fund $50 billion in road and freeway improvements over the next 10 years, could adversely efforts to relieve...
MAKE AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPPING GREAT AGAIN
By Stas Margaronis President-Elect Trump has pledged to “Make America Great Again” by investing in American infrastructure and creating new jobs. One area in which the new president can fast-track infrastructure revitalization and job creation is by upgrading existing U.S. loan guarantees to leverage public/private funding of new ships, new shipyards, and new maritime jobs. New shipbuilding and...
Greece: Austerity Undermines Healthcare – MSF’s Dr. A. Veizis
Interview: Dr. Apostolos Veizis, Director of Medical Operational Support (Greece), Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), June 24, 2016 By Stas Margaronis The Greek economic crisis of 2010 continues to undermine healthcare in Greece. Hospitals have experienced major cutbacks, medical insurance has been cut back due to unemployment and the treatment of disease has been adversely...
CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT PLAN DOWNPLAYS SHIPS
BY: STAS MARGARONIS The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and other California agencies issued the 2016 “California Sustainable Freight Action Plan” (Action Plan), “an unprecedented effort, intended to integrate investments, policies, and programs across several State agencies to help realize a singular vision for California’s freight transport system.” The Action Plan says,...
CARB: IGNORING SHIPS AND TUGS AS SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT TRANSPORTERS?
BY STAS MARGARONIS The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has been a trailblazer in reducing emissions in California and is now engaged in a new initiative to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) in the transportation of freight. The result could be a transformation of the California economy that will make California the role model for the world. CARB is holding hearings on its 2015 “Sustainable...
PORT OF STOCKTON: SAN JOAQUIN RIVER NAVIGATIONAL CHALLENGES
BY STAS MARGARONIS ATTRACTING BUSINESS TO THE PORT OF STOCKTON The Port of Stockton (POS), located in California's San Joaquin Valley, is positioned near many distribution centers serving Northern California. It is also the nearest port for many San Joaquin Valley farm exporters who currently ship out of the Ports of Oakland, Los Angeles and Long Beach. The POS could be an import and...
“THE FINEST HOURS” MOVIE REVIEW
BY STAS MARGARONIS The movie “The Finest Hours” is based on the true story of the U.S. Coast Guard rescue of the crew of a T-2 tanker that broke up in a violent storm off the Massachusetts coast in 1952. The successful rescue of the T-2 tanker crew was the result of the heroism of the U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboat Station crew at Chatham, Massachusetts and the U.S. chief engineer and his shipmates...
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