Hybrid Technology in Locomotives

Did you know that according to the EPA 6% of the diesel engines in America are deemed “railroad”? ie: Locomotives or smaller railyard “Shunters”. What’s more: Diesel locomotives released nearly 900,000 tons of NOX in 2002, about 8% of mobile source NOx emissions.27 8% of all mobile sources… marine, road, and construction. Not bad considering …

Canadian Political contribution search tool

Andrew at Bound By Gravity has done yoemans work compiling together all of the political contributions data from Elections Canada and has now created an Unofficial Search Tool Search. For the record, the information on political contributions is freely available via the Elections Canada, but it’s not nearly as accessible as it once was. Being …