Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Having recently returned from the extensive tar sands oil fields of Alberta, I was alarmed to learn that our State Department just approved a new pipeline for funneling tar sands fuel straight into the U.S. Midwest. This decision locks us...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Most Americans recognize that our love affair with the automobile--and the oil addiction that comes with it--has implications for our foreign policy and military commitments in the Middle East. What is less well understood are the environmental and human consequences...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Tuesday I went to the White House to hear President Obama announce his plan to issue new greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. This plan, based on California's groundbreaking emissions law, makes everybody a winner. Drivers...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
It probably won't surprise you to know I drive a Prius. I bought it because when I drive it--I only put about 8,000 miles on it a year since I live in New York City where public transit is readily...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
In his State of the Union address and his federal budget, President Obama championed incentives for cleaner vehicles, expanded public transit, and more American jobs. A couple of weeks ago, I saw one of the places where all three of...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
President Obama just announced that he wants the Environmental Protection Agency to move quickly to review the Bush administration's denial of the right of California and at least 13 other states to set global warming pollution standards for new cars....continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
We knew this day would come. We knew oil prices would break through the $100 ceiling. We knew gas prices would soar past $4 a gallon. We knew China and India would demand bigger pieces of the petroleum pie. The...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
I recently drove to the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York and felt the $4 sticker shock so many Americans are now feeling at the pump. There is no doubt that soaring gas prices are making hard economic times even...continued→
