Advances in car design and technology are yielding cleaner cars and more options for drivers, including electric cars, hybrids and plug-in hybrids. Recently announced fuel efficiency standards to deliver almost 55 mpg by 2025 will free drivers from high gas prices, reduce America’s dependence on oil and curb dangerous pollution. These higher standards will also ensure the American auto industry gets back to work creating innovative cars and leading the world in advanced vehicle manufacturing.
Posted May 15, 2012 by Dan Lashof in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Next year, for the first time since 1977, the U.S. Senate will convene without Richard Lugar. Over at the NRDC Action Fund there is a discussion of the political implications of Lugar’s defeat and Nate Silver has a great statistical...continued→
Posted May 15, 2012 by Rocky Kistner in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil
Washington’s political wars rarely match reality back home. So when politicians and K Street lobbyists peddle the $7 billion Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, you can bet the red meat rhetoric about jobs and national security—fanciful charges according to independent analysis—is straight...continued→
Posted May 9, 2012 by Max Baumhefner in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Today, the biggest electric utility in California, the largest car market in the country, took an important step to give drivers access to a cleaner fuel that’s roughly the equivalent of buck-a-gallon gasoline. Pacific Gas & Electric (“PG&E”) has submitted...continued→
Posted May 7, 2012 by Simon Mui
Thousands of stakeholders from over twenty countries and five continents gather this week in Los Angeles to attend the International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS26) to discuss moving the plug-in electric vehicle industry forward. Automakers such as Ford, GM, Nissan and...continued→
Posted May 5, 2012 by Max Baumhefner in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
Imagine driving on a cleaner, domestic, oil-free fuel, at a cost that’s roughly equivalent to dollar-a-gallon gasoline. That, in essence, is the reason why thousands will gather this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center for the International Electric Vehicle...continued→
Posted May 1, 2012 by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Consumers shopping for a new car have more fuel-efficient options and auto dealers are seeing a “renaissance” at their stores. The model year 2012 cars in showrooms today are the first to meet fuel efficiency and carbon pollution standards first...continued→
Posted April 27, 2012 by Dan Lashof in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
Wednesday night I was privileged to see the world premier of Knife Fight at the TriBeCa Film Festival. The film is a great political drama directed by the accomplished author and filmmaker (and personal friend) Bill Guttentag. It was co-written...continued→
Posted April 23, 2012 by Simon Mui in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked an injunction today against California's low carbon fuel standard (LCFS). The original injunction was issued by the trial court (U.S. District Court, Fresno) in late 2011. As David Pettit, our senior attorney stated here:...continued→
Posted April 23, 2012 by Rob Perks in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
“We’re trying to run a 2012 transportation system on 1992 revenue. It’s a bad mismatch.” -- Lon Anderson, spokesman for AAA Mid-Atlantic That rather telling quote appeared in a recent newspaper story about the push to add tolls to more of America's roadways. Obviously,...continued→
Posted April 19, 2012 by Luke Tonachel in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil
Thanks to stronger fuel efficiency standards, new cars and light trucks are going further on a gallon of gasoline. Automakers have made significant advancements in many popular models over the last three years that save drivers money. Consumers wishing to...continued→
