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White House War on Lightbulbs?

December 1, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Living Sustainably

Tags:
bushrollbacks, energyefficiency, midnightregulations

From the administration that views conservation not as a necessity but a virtue, this little nugget buried in yesterday's WashPost story about Bush's raft of 'midnight regulations' rolling back environmental protections stood out: "On Nov. 19, the OMB ordered the Energy Department to...

Liquid Coal a Crude Substitue for Oil

October 24, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
dirtyfuels, liquidcoal, liquifiedcoal, oiladdiction

The coal industry has a dream -- that one day our cars and trucks will run on liquefied coal.  They tout this as a way to free America from its addiction to oil -- 60% of which we export from foreign...

Offshore Drilling? Endless Bummer.

August 14, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
drilling, gasprices, lairdhamilton, oil, surfing

 I was lucky enough to grow up not too far from the beach, so I've spent a good part of my life – but not nearly enough – surfing. I rode my first wave as a teenager off the Outer...

Rob Perks
Rob Perks
Director, Center for Advocacy Campaigns
Washington, D.C.
I run NRDC's Center for Advocacy Campaigns. Our shop exists to guide NRDC's policy and...
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