Taking the Initiative

Is Toyota Still Different? 8 Mar 2010, 9:02 pm

Tokyo — I’m here in Japan as part of a California State Blue-Ribbon Commission set up by Treasurer Bill Lockyer to see whether we can persuade Toyota to change its plans to shut down its plant in Fremont and to…

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Loan Guarantees for Safer Buggy Whips? 5 Mar 2010, 11:05 pm

Montpelier, VT — A few weeks ago the Vermont State Senate voted to block operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant beginning in 2012. The vote followed a series of blunders in handling safety issues surrounding a leak of…

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What the Olympics Can Teach Us About the Price of Gas 23 Feb 2010, 9:16 pm

Vancouver, Canada — This is the first Olympic Winter Games conducted on snow that was brought to the slopes by diesel trucks and helicopters — because not enough fell in British Columbia in the year of “Snowmageddon.” (Remember, it always…

Source: Taking the Initiative | Carl Pope