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However, that money is found nowhere in the federal budget - and not even in the stimulus bill, which dedicated more than $8 billion to transit capital improvements. In Washington, Metro officials said they have wanted to replace outdated cars, which make up more than a quarter of the total system, but couldn't for lack of funds. "The Metro, like most of our larger public-transit system, has suffered from a lack of public resources," says David Goldberg, the communications director for the transit advocacy group Transportation for America...
...even as pay improves a bit, the perks are dwindling. "The landscape may be permanently changed in terms of what American employers are able to provide in total rewards," says Sejen. "Many employees will be looking at permanently reduced levels of compensation and benefits." The areas where HR officials don't expect to restore spending to pre-recession levels include company health-care insurance contributions, travel reimbursements and retirement savings matches...
...green talk and growth in wind power - it accounted for 42% of all new electricity generation added to the U.S. grid last year - wind still makes up less than 3% of America's total electricity generation. Even at current rates of growth, that figure is unlikely to change soon. The question is, Will wind ever produce enough power to satisfy America's energy needs? (Watch TIME's video "The Truth About Wind Power...
...study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) says yes. A team led by Michael McElroy at Harvard University assessed the global capacity for wind power - the total amount of sheer energy that's being carried on the breeze - and found that current technology could harness enough power to supply more than 40 times the planet's present-day levels of electricity consumption. For the U.S., there's enough wind concentrated in the Midwest prairie states to supply as much as 16 times the current American demand for electricity. The energy is there, on the breeze...
...grocery store in midtown Tehran where I happened to watch the program, none of the four others present seemed to buy the story. "Look, the guy looks like a total Basiji. Besides, there are a ton of people with that name," said the store owner. (See the top 10 Ahmadinejad-isms...