skip to main content

Natural Resources Defense Council

Switchboard

Deron Lovaas's Blog

Tags: tarsands

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

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

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

National Petroleum Council: Boost Fuel Economy Standards!

July 17, 2007

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
co2, energy, energyefficiency, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, globalwarming, liquidcoal, nationalpetroleumcouncil, oildependence, oildrilling, oilshale, tarsands

That's the most noteworthy portion of the report issued by this advisory committee, composed mostly of industry reps and established in 1946 by President Truman.Increasing standards for vehicle efficiency is the first and best of a slew of recommendations. In...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...
more

Switchboard Archives

Deron Lovaas's archives