Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Energy

Energy Policy Straight Talk From Elizabeth Kolbert

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 6, 2008 | 7 Comments

Back in his Straight Talkin’ days Senator John McCain acknowledged that offshore drilling wasn’t a viable solution for America’s energy troubles. In 2003, he broke with the Bush Administration and co-introduced legislation to reduce carbon emissions, by, in effect, imposing a price on them. McCain had a reputation for being a politician who told the […]

Cartoon Tuesday: The Elegant Simplicity of the Free Market

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 29, 2008 | No Comments

Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling. Click through to view the comic in its entirety.

$36,000,000,000 for Corn. $0 for Transit.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 25, 2008 | 16 Comments

The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would provide emergency funding to local transit systems facing simultaneous increases in ridership and fuel costs. The legislation is now stalled in the Senate and the Bush Administration has expressed concern that "transit operators risk becoming permanently reliant upon this type of assistance." Meanwhile, when it […]

The Pentagon Burns 395,000 Barrels of Oil Per Day

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 25, 2008 | 6 Comments

It’s always a bit of a mind-boggler when some statistics emerge showing how much oil the U.S. military consumes. From yesterday’s Politico: So, you think you’ve got the gas prices blues. Just consider Al Shaffer, the man in charge of drafting an energy strategy for the gas-guzzling Pentagon. With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and […]

Fuel Costs, Declining Revenues Slam MTA. Will Anyone Face the Facts?

By Ben Fried | Jul 23, 2008 | 9 Comments

The MTA just released some figures from its preliminary 2009 financial plan. Here’s what was actually happening to our transit system while the dailies were focused like a laser beam on board members’ travel perks and the CEO’s "scandalous" three percent raise: The July Financial Plan assumes an increase of $81 million in 2008 and […]

How to Ease Pain at the Pump Without Deepening Oil Dependence

By Ben Fried | Jul 23, 2008 | 8 Comments

As the drumbeat for domestic drilling grows louder, can the Democratic leadership come up with a better alternative than tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Over at the Huffington Post, Shelley Poticha and Geoff Anderson of Transportation for America propose a few ideas that will actually pay dividends. Pols who are serious about reducing the impact […]

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