Dear EarthTalk: If train travel is so much less polluting than driving or flying, why are passenger rail options in the U.S. so limited compared to Europe? And is anything being done to shift more travelers over to American rail lines from cars and planes? I take Amtrak cross-country as it’s my favorite way to [...]
As many of you know, my wife and I traveled by Amtrak again this year across the country for the holidays. Last year we took it from Los Angeles to Chicago, and this year we went from Albuquerque all the way to Boston. We had a good time, even though we were delayed a day [...]
I thought you guys would be interested in seeing some pictures from a short trip we took this week down to Bandelier National Monument here in New Mexico. This park was established in 1916, covers over 33,000 acres of land, and has 70 miles of hiking trails. There are numerous areas (over 3,000) of Ancestral [...]
So, we just finalized our plans for holiday travel this year and once again we are hitting the rails with Amtrak! With the price of flying heading ever skyward and passengers being nickel and dimed to bring even a single bag, combined with the fact that my wife is a teacher and has a few [...]
There seems to be a meme going around about places that people would like to see before they die so figured, hey, what the heck…there are some places I would like to see before I die too so why not join in! Here are the first 10 that popped into my head, in no particular [...]
EarthTalk is a weekly installment from E/The Environmental Magazine. Dear EarthTalk: Are there any efforts underway to green the air travel industry? It seems to me that it must be one dirty business from a pollution standpoint. Environmental battles over the siting and expansion of airports are as old as the air travel industry itself, [...]
