Posted by Colin Peppard in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
In a previous post, I asked why we don't consider the federal transportation bill a major energy bill. Leaving that question aside, on Friday, Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer introduced a bill that couldn't be mistaken for anything else:...continued→
Posted by Colin Peppard in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) coalition, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will hold a press conference at noon today to call for quick renewal of our federal transportation program. As part of this, ATM supports a gas tax...continued→
Posted by Colin Peppard in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Today, Tom Friedman writes in the New York Times about the politics of gas taxes and energy security. Coincidently, yesterday, Friedman played golf with Obama and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday. (I wonder what they talked about...) Friedman makes some good...continued→
