Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Climate Change

Petition: Support a Climate Bill That Invests in Green Transportation

By Ben Fried | Apr 15, 2009 | 7 Comments

At the end of March, representatives Henry Waxman and Ed Markey introduced an ambitious federal climate bill. This is the real deal — the legislative centerpiece of President Obama’s effort to combat global warming. Transportation contributes about a third of all greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., so any climate bill will have to green […]

“Do as We Say, Not as We Do” = No Model for Sustainability

By Brad Aaron | Apr 8, 2009 | 23 Comments

Traffic in Delhi and Atlanta. Notice which scene also includes bikes. Photos: Ri Co Fo To and silvrayn via Flickr Environmentally-conscious citizens of India aren’t alone in their concern about the rollout of the Tata Nano, the "world’s cheapest car." But in an op-ed piece for Forbes, Projjal Dutta, the director of sustainability initiatives for […]

Al Gore Connects the Dots

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 21, 2008 | 32 Comments

"We’re borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that’s got to change." — A Generational Challenge to Repower America, Thursday, July 17, 2008.

Joe Lieberman: Did Someone Say “High Gas Prices”?

By Brad Aaron | May 28, 2008 | 23 Comments

How obsessed is Washington with gas prices? Acting on a Streetsblog post from last week, a reader wrote Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman urging him to support legislation that would bolster funding for Amtrak. In response, Lieberman’s office sent a long, long form letter outlining the many ways the senator is — you guessed it — […]

Trucks Gone Green?

By Ben Fried | May 16, 2008 | 14 Comments

This image comes courtesy of TrucksDeliver.org, not the Onion. If BP can stand for "Beyond Petroleum," what’s to stop the trucking industry from claiming to "deliver a cleaner tomorrow"? Not much, apparently. In a story about the current practices of K Street lobbyists, the Washington Post reports that even the American Trucking Associations — a […]

Pro-Pricing PAC Puts Pols on Notice

By Ben Fried | Mar 27, 2008 | 18 Comments

De Blasio, Jeffries, Gerson, Millman: Will they tarnish their environmental records by voting against pricing? The New York League of Conservation Voters announced earlier this month that it is forming a new political action committee called Climate Action PAC. Sitting at the top of the PAC’s legislative agenda: getting congestion pricing passed. When it comes […]

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