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"GREEEN" NEWS * USA - Union Pacific Will Test Electric Trucks, Explore Maglev
Long Beach,CA,USA -The Cunningham Report -4 Sept 2008: -- Before the year is over, Union Pacific will launch an electric truck pilot program at the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility it operates outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The railroad will also conduct a feasibility study to explore the prospect of a maglev system to haul containers between the docks and the ICTF... Estimated at $400 million, UP's expansion plan calls for doubling the volume of containers it handles to accommodate 1.5 million (2.8 million TEUs) by 2025 while shrinking its footprint from 233 to 177 acres. If all goes according to plan, consultants will kick off the formal environmental review process by issuing a notice of preparation by the end of this month and circulating a draft EIR in March. UP officials say the project will reduce emissions from the rail yard by 74 percent...
* FedEx Freight and BP Solar Complete Second Solar Power Installation
Fontana,Cal,USA -MarketWatch -Sept. 4, 2008: -- FedEx Freight Distribution Center Now Powered by the Sun... FedEx Corp. and BP Solar announced today the completion and activation of a second project together--a solar system for a FedEx Freight distribution center in Fontana, Calif. The 269 kW (kilowatt) rooftop solar array utilizes BP Solar modules. The first joint system was inaugurated on Earth Day 2008 at FedEx Freight's facility in Whittier, Calif... Labels: green news
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