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Building a Bridge to Somewhere

October 14, 2008

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
cars, cities, development, gasprices, globalwarming, highways, legislation, lightrail, oildependence, policy, publictransit, rail, sprawl, transportation bill

"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

Cities Racing Against Global Warming

May 29, 2008

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cars, cities, energy, energyefficiency, globalwarming, rail

We all love rankings. Who's up? Who's down? What would change the picture?Today, the Brookings Institution -- a think tank -- released a first-of-a-kind ranking (full-disclosure, I was a reviewer): They rated the 100 largest U.S. regions based on their...continued

Deron Lovaas
Deron Lovaas
Federal Transportation Policy Director
Washington, D.C.
I joined NRDC after working for several other conservation groups and Maryland's Environment Department. I...
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