Posted April 25, 2013 by Roland Hwang in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
While the Wednesday House oversight hearing on Fisker’s failure is ostensibly about whether DOE should have pulled the plug on the loans earlier, it is really about continuation of the House majority’s War on Clean Energy. Because there is broad...continued→
Posted April 22, 2013 by Roland Hwang in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, U.S. Law and Policy
It’s not a surprise that EPA and the oil industry disagree about the cost of cleaning up gasoline to meet proposed “Tier 3” low sulfur standards. EPA estimates less than a penny a gallon but the oil industry claims 6...continued→
Posted February 13, 2013 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama proposed the creation of an “Energy Security Trust” to find clean alternatives to fuel our nation’s cars and trucks. We think that’s an excellent idea. One way to support this goal is to simply...continued→
Posted November 13, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
When it comes to understanding the outcomes in Michigan and Ohio, pundits have pointed to the auto rescue loans and clean energy playing decisive roles. Clean energy won big with voters, decisively choosing many candidates who campaigned on clean, renewable sources of energy, starting with...continued→
Posted November 8, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Clean energy emerged a big winner Tuesday night. Big polluters emerged a clear loser. The American people chose many candidates who campaigned on clean, renewable sources of energy–starting with President Obama. In the past four years, the President took unprecedented...continued→
Posted November 4, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
The tragedy of Hurricane Sandy has brought into sharp relief the high costs of ignoring taking action to address climate change. While exact causes are difficult to pin down, what we do know is that just like the unprecedented droughts,...continued→
Posted October 29, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
New provisions in the recently finalized model year 2017 to 2025 carbon and fuel efficiency rules are set to give a huge boost to Innovative fuel-efficiency technologies. These new so-called “off-cycle credits” provisions --buried amidst 3,000 pages of regulatory documents...continued→
Posted October 24, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Hopefully Sens. Murkowski and Inhofe will finally realize in their investigation that as long as the oil industry has a monopoly on our transportation fuel sources, we will unfortunately remain subject to the profit-taking whims of oil companies, global price...continued→
Posted October 20, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
To many drivers, Toyota’s leadership in fuel-efficient hybrid sales puts them in the pole position for the greenest, most socially responsible car company. That’s why it comes as such a shock to learn from my colleague Rich Kassel about Toyota’s...continued→
Posted October 19, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
With the new Ford C-Max hybrid about to hit the market, I thought I'd reprint this column i wrote for Green Car Journal earlier this year. http://www.greencar.com/articles/could-new-fuel-efficient-ford-future.php *************************************************************************** Could a New Fuel Efficient Ford be in Your Future? by Roland Hwang...continued→
Posted October 18, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Capitalism, as the famous economist Joseph Schumpeter noted, is all about “creative destruction”. Firms come and go. Some survive. Some do not. So it’s unfortunate for America when critics of clean energy seek to politicize what the most ardent believers...continued→
Posted September 5, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
August sales data reconfirms that current stronger fuel efficiency standards are already working for consumers. Gas prices and fuel efficiency are up, but so are vehicles sales. What’s going on here? This morning’s New York Times sheds light on this...continued→
Posted August 27, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
The new clean car standards Washington at its best. Working to move America forward. Republicans, Democrats, automakers, labor and environmental groups support the latest increase of 54.5 mpg by 2025 because it redirects hard-earned cash away from the gas pump...continued→
Posted August 10, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
As soon as next week, President Obama is expected to announce the final details of an historic agreement that will raise auto fuel efficiency standard to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. Now the few left opposed to these common sense...continued→
Posted August 8, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
A review of the latest government jobs data reveals an indisputable fact: the U.S. auto industry is making a remarkable recovery. While not the only reason, as our new report demonstrates, there is also little doubt that higher fuel efficiency is...continued→
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