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September 23, 2009
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
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- 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→
February 26, 2009
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
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- 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→
February 11, 2009
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
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- 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→
July 3, 2008
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
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- 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→
April 25, 2008
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
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- 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→
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→