Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
The amendment I wrote about just a few hours ago was just passed by voice vote! That means little or no opposition against it. This is a good augury for public transportation, as I imply in the statement we just sent...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment
It's a tough time for print media, with unrelenting competitive pressures from proliferating alternatives for getting news and information on television and online. The magazine In Business: Creating Sustainable Enterprises and Communities became the latest casualty, closing its doors after...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
As the media picks up on the remarkable events in the Senate earlier tonight, it's worth putting this vote in context. The fuel economy program was put in place in 1975, in reaction to the oil embargoes that many still...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy
Heads are still spinning here.This transpired in just the past hour: After a press conference announcing a compromise on fuel economy standards, featuring enough Republican supporters to protect it from an assault led by Senators Pryor, Levin, Bond and Voinovich,...continued→
