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Roland Hwang, Transportation Program Director, San Francisco

Roland Hwang
I'm the Transportation Program Director for NRDC's energy program, working on transportation energy and global warming issues at the state and national levels. I'm based in San Francisco. Before I came to NRDC, I was the director of the Transportation Program for the Union of Concerned Scientists in the Berkeley office. I've also worked on energy forecasting models at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and as an air pollution engineer at the California Air Resources Board. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, with a master's degrees in mechanical engineering and public policy from the University of California.

Recent Posts

With Fisker Hearing, House Majority Continues Their War on Clean Energy

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

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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

Oil Industry's Slippery Accounting Includes Windfall Profits for Cleaner Gasoline

Posted April 22, 2013 by Roland Hwang in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, U.S. Law and Policy

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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

Ending oil subsidies can pay for Energy Security Trust

Posted February 13, 2013 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming

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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

Post-election Lessons from MI and OH: Fuel Efficiency Matters

Posted November 13, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming

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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

Fuel Efficiency and EVs Get Big Boost from Elections

Posted November 8, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming

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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

Clean Car Standards Shows Way Forward on Solving Climate Change

Posted November 4, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy

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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

Innovative "Off Cycle" Credits Give Stop-Start Systems, Other New Technologies Big Boost in Marketplace

Posted October 29, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy

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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

NRDC Response to Sens. Murkowski and Inhofe Investigation to Gas Prices in California

Posted October 24, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming

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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

Verde-washing in Mexico: Toyota Opposes Clean Car Standards

Posted October 20, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming

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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

Could a New Fuel Efficient Ford be in Your Future? (Reprinted from Green Car Journal)

Posted October 19, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming

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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

Despite Bumps in the Road, Americans Still Support Clean Energy

Posted October 18, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming

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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

The Facts Don't Lie: Fuel Efficiency and Car Sales Both on the Rise

Posted September 5, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy

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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

54.5 MPG - A Standard that Works for America

Posted August 27, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy

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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

Statement in Response to House Oversight Report on Clean Car Standards

Posted August 10, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy

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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

Fuel Efficiency Powering Job Growth

Posted August 8, 2012 by Roland Hwang in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy

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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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