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Billions Spent, Miles To Go: The Story of California’s Failure To Build High-Speed Rail

California’s dream of building a high-speed rail system linking San Francisco and L.A. is a cautionary tale of ambition outpacing funding, planning, and federal support.

By Benton Graham, Grist

 The construction site of a high-speed rail viaduct near Highway 43 south of Corcoran, Calif. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/Grist
Commuters board a SEPTA train in Philadelphia. Credit: Gregory Adams/Getty Images

Without Well-Funded Public Transit, Philadelphia’s Climate Future Looks Bleak

By Kiley Bense
A Norfolk Southern freight train runs past the site of the February 2023 derailment on the outskirts of East Palestine, Ohio. Credit: Phil Zhang/Xinhua via Getty Images

Norfolk Southern Rail Bridges in Western Pennsylvania in Disrepair, Study Warns

By Kiley Bense
Community organizer Andrea Vidaurre won the 2024 Goldman Prize for her role in persuading the California Air Resources Board to pass two historic transportation regulations limiting truck and rail emissions. Credit: Goldman Environmental Prize

California Community Organizer Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize

By Liza Gross
A rig provides maintenance on an oil well in the canyon country of Utah. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A Proposed Utah Railway Could Quadruple Oil Production in the Uinta Basin, if Colorado Communities Don’t Derail the Project

By Wyatt Myskow

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