Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
A big-tent coalition of groups running the gamut from the National Association of Realtors to the American Public Health Association to NRDC unveiled a new platform for federal transportation policy today as part of the Transportation for America Campaign. Check out...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Last week was a remarkably revealing week regarding this new Administration's transportation policy. First, on February 10th at a Florida town hall meeting, President Obama declares that I think a lot more people are open now to thinking regionally in...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Although it seems like a lifetime, it was just three short weeks ago that NRDC and the American Public Transportation Association sponsored an event at one of the nation’s most impressive train stations, Union Station in Washington, D.C. National Journal...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 Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
While the debate about fuel economy standards unfolds in Congress and across the country, a key tool for reducing global warming pollution is being ignored: Smart growth. Pollution from vehicles is, after all, the product of three factors: mpg X...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
A new Quinnipiac University poll finds that Americans are actually changing their habits due to high prices. 58 percent of Americans say they have "cut back significantly" no their driving. Unfortunately, another recent poll finds that our fellow citizens are...continued→
