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A conversation with Jerry Brown

Posted on December 16, 2016 by | Leave a comment

Gov Jerry Brown speaks at the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting.

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New Tool Brings Logistics Carbon Emissions into Sharp Focus

Posted on December 9, 2016 by | Leave a comment

Serious thought is being given to emisions caused by logistics. Most of it is in Europe. So it is not hard to see why MIT in Zaragoza is bringing out a simpler tool to allow firms with complex movements of goods to visualize and calculate their emissions in a standardized way.

Source: New Tool Brings Logistics Carbon Emissions into Sharp Focus

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California Sustainable Freight Action Plan

Posted on May 23, 2016 by | Leave a comment

California has released its Sustainable Freight Action Plan. It’s a great project, and as usual, the state is a leader, here making significant moves guiding improvement in the freight transportation triple bottom line.

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Source: California Sustainable Freight Action Plan  Read it online at the link. Here’s the actual plan:  pdf-icon-logo1  cfmp_appendix-complete

screenshot-metrans CITT logo 2016-05-23 10-59-49   Here’s a white paper from California State University Long Beach which was used in the deliberations.  PDF icon logoFreight Efficiency White Papers_Final Version

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