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The Air Force Gets It

October 23, 2009

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

Tags:
aviation, coal, globalwarming, oildependence

For a long time, the United States Air Force was keenly interested in liquid coal.  But as time went on, the disadvantages became increasingly obvious. This week, we were pleased to discover that the Air Force was no longer pursuing...continued

Algae-Powered Airplanes?

January 23, 2008

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
aviation, biofuels, coal, globalwarming, oilshale, tarsands

At the end of last year, NRDC joined the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth and Oceana in petitioning EPA to address heat-trapping emissions from aircraft. While its contribution to global warming pollution is small relative to...continued

Quenching Our Thirst For Fuel With…Coal?!?

November 14, 2007

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
coal, energy, globalwarming, liquidcoal, mining

Check out our Move America Beyond Oil web site for a funny new cartoon by Mark Fiore about an oldie but baddie: Coal as a liquid fuel. You read right. The coal industry wants us to run our cars...continued

My tell-all, or tell-some, account of arguing with industry

November 1, 2007

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
CAFE, cars, coal, oildependence, oildrilling, oilshale, tarsands

The new issue of In Business magazine just hit the streets, and it includes an article penned by me which tells the story of my work with the National Petroleum Council on their new report called Hard Truths. This was...continued

Low-Carb(on) Air Travel

October 16, 2007

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

Tags:
biofuels, cleanvehicles, co2, coal, ethanol, globalwarming, oildependence, pollution

Lord Richard Branson just made a exciting announcement: Virgin Atlantic plans to test a jet plane running on biofuels early next year. Frankly, this matters more than developments that we've seen in the vehicles market, where companies like GM are...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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