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The WaPo has been right so often on energy security lately that we were beginning to doubt it -- or ourselves. All's right with the world today, though, as the Post ran a misguided editorial praising a so-called "clean energy st...
Posted Monday, May 21st, 2012 at 11:24 am | Filed in: Electricity, Energy Demand, Legislation, Policy, Renewables, Uncategorized
For the ninth time in two years, Congress passed a stopgap extension of the transportation and infrastructure bill yesterday. The measure gives it 90 days to reformulate the legislation and hopefully by the next deadline there wil...
Posted Friday, March 30th, 2012 at 1:19 pm | Filed in: Legislation, Oil, Oil Dependence, Transportation
This week, the Senate passed their version of the transportation and infrastructure reauthorization bill by a very bipartisan 74-22 vote. Now, the watching eyes will turn to Speaker of the House John Boehner to see if he will foll...
Posted Friday, March 16th, 2012 at 2:20 pm | Filed in: Legislation, Oil Dependence, Transportation
This week, there was some good news for reducing our national oil dependence and improving our energy security. President Barack Obama announced his plan for the United States to advance the mainstream adoption of electric vehicle...
Posted Friday, March 9th, 2012 at 12:12 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Electrification, Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence
Big news yesterday in the Senate: It worked as intended by reaching a unanimous consent agreement that allows for a finite set of amendments to be considered on the pending reauthorization of federal surface transportation progr...
Posted Thursday, March 8th, 2012 at 7:22 am | Filed in: Legislation, Oil Dependence, Transportation, Uncategorized
Less you forget it’s an election year, yesterday President Obama spoke regarding his energy strategy in a time of rising gas prices. The speech was widely billed as a defense against recent Republican attacks on this quintessent...
Posted Friday, February 24th, 2012 at 11:20 am | Filed in: Gas Prices, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Policy, Transportation
Last night at 3 a.m. the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a five-year, $260 billion reauthorization bill. The bill passed 29-24 in a committee of 31 Republicans and 22 Democrats. The bill would fund trans...
Posted Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 2:28 pm | Filed in: Legislation, Transportation
As January comes to a close, President Obama has unofficially kicked off his reelection campaign with the State of the Union Address, and Congress is back in full swing Has the time has come for some real progress on energy policy...
Posted Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 12:39 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation, Policy
Tuesday night in President Obama’s third State of the Union Address, energy once again took a front seat. The speech included provisions to please both sides of the aisle: continuing to increase offshore drilling, expanded clean...
Posted Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 3:43 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Policy, Transportation
Today, Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) released a new report, Congestion in America: A Growing Challenge to U.S. Energy Security. The report emphasizes the crucial interaction between transportation policy and the challe...
Posted Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 12:09 pm | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Efficiency, Gas Prices, Legislation, National Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Transportation
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