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Bloomberg's editorial writers display their characteristic common sense today, this time on the topic of energy security and the right-sizing of federal incentives, aka subsidies.
They wrote: "Few areas of American governance...
Posted Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 11:04 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Oil Dependence, Policy, Transportation
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
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
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
This week, the White House formally announced its tighter fuel-economy standards for cars and light duty trucks. The new standards, a combined 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, will apply to model year 2017 to 2025 vehicles.
The...
Posted Friday, November 18th, 2011 at 12:38 pm | Filed in: Energy Efficiency, Legislation, Transportation
This week, ten New England and Mid-Atlantic States announced the formation of a regional network to promote electric vehicles (EVs). The Northeast Electric Vehicle Network aims to enhance plug-in infrastructure in order to exped...
Posted Friday, October 21st, 2011 at 11:06 am | Filed in: Automotive, Electrification, Transportation
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