Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Climate Change

Carper: Climate Bill Must Focus on Transport, Not Just Power Plants

By Elana Schor | Aug 19, 2009 | No Comments

Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), chief sponsor of a plan to give green transportation 10 percent of the emissions allowances in the upcoming climate change bill, took to the pages of his home-state newspaper yesterday with an op-ed that begins with a pithy description of "the problem": Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) (Photo: DTI) We use a […]

The Gas Needle and the Damage Done

By Elana Schor | Aug 12, 2009 | 3 Comments

NRDC’s depiction of how hard states are hit by gas costs, ranked by percentage of income spent. America’s oil addiction is readily acknowledged, even by its biggest enablers. But what is the nation actually doing to kick the habit and embrace a safer, healthier, more realistic energy future? An attempt to answer that question was […]

Your Burger or Your Car! (And More Fun with False Dichotomies)

By Elana Schor | Jul 29, 2009 | 18 Comments

The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, whose blog is a must-read look at the political dynamics of congressional policy-making, makes an eyebrow-raising assertion in his food column today: Photo: CowCar It’s not simply that meat is a contributor to global warming; it’s that it is a huge contributor. Larger, by a significant margin, than the global […]

Five Down, Five to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors

By Elana Schor | Jul 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Streetsblog Capitol Hill reported this week that the Obama administration — which often talks about reducing transportation-based emissions — is staying mum on a bill that would devote a guaranteed share of revenues from carbon regulation to transit, bike paths, and other green modes of transport. But that doesn’t mean the proposal, otherwise known as […]

White House Staying Quiet for Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill

By Elana Schor | Jul 15, 2009 | No Comments

Delivering his climate-change message to Congress yesterday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned that fuel-efficiency advances secured by the Obama administration would not be enough to reduce emissions from transportation — not without encouraging Americans to drive less. Transportation Secretary LaHood said today he’ll weigh in later on climate-change money for transit. Photo: HillBuzz But when […]

Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September

By Elana Schor | Jul 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

This was supposed to be a big week for action on climate change in the Senate — but it’s ending with Republicans rubbing their hands in glee as the Environment and Public Works Committee delays its unveiling of legislation on carbon emissions. Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (Photo: AP) As Reuters reports this […]

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