Posted by Deron Lovaas in Solving Global Warming
As analysts review this new analysis of transportation measures that can save fuel and cut greenhouse gases, they will be pleased to see that it is truly comprehensive and even-handed. Highway capacity expansion? It examined that. Freight strategies? That too....continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
"If you do what you've always done, you get what you've always gotten." -Tony Robbins When you think about transportation issues, what's the first thing that comes to mind? High gas prices and troubled bridges. There was the "bridge to...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
In my spare time I am reading a book that sheds light on the current debate on energy in D.C.: "The Politics of Bad Ideas." It's a devastating critique of in-vogue supply-side economic ideas like "tax cuts will spur so...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Facing generational, interlaced challenges -- oil addiction and global warming -- it's pathetic that the debate among policymakers isn't about solving these issues, but about fringe issues like domestic drilling. I'm grateful that some friends are speaking their minds, laying bare...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
I'm sick of it.There's a new campaign with a bumper sticker slogan that's attracting a lot of attention because it offers easy solutions to our oil-addiction woes. You may have seen it: Drill here, drill now, pay less. Sheer deception....continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Pulling up to the pump nowadays is about as much fun as a trip to the dentist. But is the pain we feel really worse than previous price runups? In a word, yes. The average price of gasoline has...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
I cut my teeth on environmental work volunteering with the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) back in 1991. This was in the wake of 1990, a remarkable time which included the twentieth anniversary of Earth Day, Congress amending the Clean...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
An extradordinary albeit expected landmark was reached in the oil markets today -- $100 per barrel oil. As one analyst quipped, it could go higher given constrained supply (new violence in oil-rich Nigeria was singled out by analysts as the...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
My New Year’s resolution for 2005 was the biggest one yet, and the one I’m proudest of keeping: I quit smoking, a habit I took up in college almost twenty years ago. It was REALLY hard, but unbelievably rewarding. Like...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
You did it! Just a couple of months ago NRDC launched a campaign with eight other groups to pressure Toyota to change their position opposing a substantial boost to federal fuel economy standards (35 mpg by 2020). We made...continued→
