Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Oil

Retired Military Leaders, Corporate CEOs: Driving Alone Aids Terrorists

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 10, 2011 | 28 Comments

What do the president of FedEx, the former Director of National Intelligence, and 19 other business and military leaders have in common? They’re urging the U.S. to adopt less oil-intensive transportation habits. They say our national security depends on it. Retired military officers have joined forces with business tycoons to form the Energy Security Leadership […]

Paying at the Pump for Oil Wars: A Plausible Option?

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 23, 2010 | No Comments

Today, U.S. taxpayers see the cost of oil wars in the Middle East taken out of every paycheck, all to feed America’s driving habit. A new proposal for more transparent pricing would shift that burden to the automobile drivers themselves by imposing a new oil security fee at the pump. That’s just one of the […]

BP, Toyota, and the Illusion of the Car System Techno-Fix

By Anne Lutz Fernandez and Catherine Lutz | Aug 5, 2010 | 21 Comments

Last Christmas, an Oregon couple driving with their baby in the backseat followed erroneous GPS instructions and got stranded on wilderness roads in a Cascades snowstorm. Twelve hours later, they had given up hope and taped a farewell video. While a rescue party fortunately was able to save them, they no doubt wished they hadn’t […]

Democratic Lawmaker Blasts Salazar For Calling Big Oil ‘Kings of the World’

By Elana Schor | Jan 7, 2010 | No Comments

When Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced yesterday that his department would conduct stricter environmental reviews before leasing federal land to oil and gas producers, he added a comment that few in the Democratic party might contest: Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK) (Photo: NewsGroper) In the prior administration the oil and gas industry were the kings of […]

LaHood: Gas Tax Increase in Congressional Hands

By Elana Schor | Nov 30, 2009 | 1 Comment

As Congress maneuvers to end the political impasse over the next long-term national transportation bill, lawmakers are going to have to debate an increase in the federal gas tax, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: Getty Images) In his remarks at a Fort Worth transportation meeting, first reported by the […]

The Wall Street Transportation Tax: Predictably Unpopular On Wall Street

By Elana Schor | Nov 9, 2009 | No Comments

As Congress mulls over solutions to the nation’s transportation funding gap, with an eye to passing new infrastructure legislation to reverse the rising unemployment rate, Rep. Pete DeFazio’s (D-OR) proposed tax on oil futures is picking up new fans in high places. Rep. Pete DeFazio (D-OR) (Photo: UPI) DeFazio’s legislation would levy a 0.2 percent […]

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