Good NewsMark Dixon/Flickrhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ U.S. Steel debuts an all-electric locomotive, a first in North America The two new electric locomotives will save 40 thousand gallons of diesel fuel a year and emit no CO2.
Solutions www.bloomberg.com Las Vegas train bonds may boost California housing An investment group failed to sell $2.4 billion in bonds to finance the Brightline West high-speed rail project. Housing advocates hope those funds can help ease the state’s home shortage.
Solutions www.post-gazette.com No engine, no oil: Wabtec making its pitch for battery-powered trains The pilot project will be the first to use a battery-powered locomotive as part of a heavy-haul train, which typically lugs thousands of tons.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals
