Luke Tonachel's Blog
About
- Bio:
When I was 9 years old, my parents loaded me and my siblings into the family station wagon headed west from Massachusetts. We spent the whole summer visiting the beautiful parks around the country and visiting far-flung extended family. I remember hiking the Grand Canyon and crossing the Mohave Desert sitting on black vinyl seats without air conditioning. Ouch.
After college, I kept traveling. As an engineering officer on a Navy cruiser, I got hands-on experience with large propulsion plants and energy systems. On bridge watches, I was awed by vastness, power and tranquil beauty of the ocean. After the navy, I joined a software company for a while but grew restless for a focus on environmental stewardship and I returned to school to study environmental policy-making.
Since joining NRDC in 2004, I’ve been focused on the environmental impact of our mobility. I am working on ways to promote cleaner and more efficient car and truck technologies so that as we and future generations travel to visit the earth’s beautiful places in the future, they are still there to see.
- Roots in:
- New England, New York, West Coast
- Favorite place:
- A healthy ocean beach or a lush, quiet forest
Recent Blog Posts
- Federal Climate Bills Can Retool the U.S. Auto Industry to Build the Clean Cars of the Future (March 16, 2010)
- Heavy Truck Efficiency Standards Can Make DOE Investment a Success for Jobs, Security and Environment (January 12, 2010)
- Best of What’s New for Your Car: Fuel-Saving Tires (December 11, 2009)
- On the Road to Cleaner Cars (October 23, 2009)
- U.S. DOT Proposes National Tire Efficiency Ratings and Labels (June 18, 2009)
- California Steps Toward First Tire Efficiency Ratings in U.S.; Federal Agency to Follow (June 17, 2009)
- Tire Efficiency: How Your Car Can Cruise on Less Gas (June 12, 2009)
- Clean Energy Cities Could Make the GM/Segway and Bicyclists Flourish (April 7, 2009)
- Waxman-Markey: Putting America on the Road to a Clean Energy Transportation Future (April 6, 2009)
- Fuels Emissions Cap and Low Carbon Fuel Standard Are Key Parts of House Climate Proposal (April 1, 2009)
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