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
Since at least President Nixon, our leaders have been calling for energy independence. And yet our reliance on imported oil keeps rising, and while our top trading partners are friendly countries like Canada we also rely on unfriendly regimes such...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Walking through a checklist of items needed for my trek to downtown D.C. from the suburb of College Park (by bicycle, no less!) for the Inauguration tomorrow, I keep reminding myself of a fact of life: After the dust has...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
My friend Barbara McCann, communications consultant and coordinator of the "Complete Streets" campaign, is my guest on Switchboard today, penning a terrific piece I'm sure you'll enjoy: Right from the start, the US automakers looking for handouts on Capitol Hill...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority for New York State just unveiled a remarkable report, Greening Mass Transit & Metro Regions. It's the product of a Blue Ribbon Commission chaired by Jonathan Rose, an NRDC board member and President of the Rose...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 , U.S. Law and Policy
"We built a really inefficient environment with the greatest efficiency ever known to man." -- Andy Karsner, Asst Sec for Energy and Efficiency and Renewable Energy at Department of Energy, as quoted in Tom Friedman's Hot, Flat and Crowded Driving...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
There has been a lot of talk recently about lifting the moratorium on oil drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf. Hearing about proposals like this always leaves me a little stunned because we have been speeding down this road for...continued→
