"Amtrak has a mission of "Safer, Greener, Healthier," and we are pleased that Climate Counts is recognizing our greenhouse gas reduction efforts. Passenger rail travel has many components that make it energy and environmentally efficient. We used these factors as a springboard to "green" Amtrak using new technologies and management actions along with national policy support for more rail routes."

-Joseph Boardman, President and CEO of Amtrak