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What About the Other Energy Bill?

September 23, 2009

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
infrastructure, lightrail, oildependence, publictransit, rail, security, transportation bill, transportation policy

Heading into the fall, the Congressional debate is rightfully focussed on the landmark energy and climate bill as action moves from the House to the Senate. And part of that debate, thanks to NRDC, should be about the pincer move...continued

Transportation For America: Building A Cleaner, More Fuel-Efficient Future

February 26, 2009

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
changeinwashington, gasoline, highways, infrastructure, lightrail, oildependence, pollution, publictransit, rail, security, smartercities, transportation bill, transportation policy

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

Roadmap for a Secure, Low-Carbon Energy Economy

February 11, 2009

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
cleanvehicles, energy, globalwarming, liquidcoal, oildependence, publictransit, security, tarsands, transportation policy

Are the goals of energy security and climatic stability fundamentally at odds? Or can we in the U.S. forge ahead toward a preferred future in which we address both these threats? These are valid questions. While we must be...continued

Unpatriotic Lies About Energy Solutions

July 3, 2008

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
CAFE, cars, cleanvehicles, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, gasoline, gasprices, oildependence, security

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

Connecting the Dots: Security and Climate Change

April 25, 2008

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

Tags:
energy, globalwarming, oildependence, security

Another analysis was just released, this time by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in Britain, making the case that climate change would be a driver for serious conflict around the globe, describing among other events...continued

$100 per barrel oil?

October 26, 2007

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
energy, oildependence, prices, security

In a first since they began trading on NYMEX in 1983, futures for oil hit $92. This continues an eye-popping runup in prices this year, as you can see in the graph below from another blog, The Big Picture. Will...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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