Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Oil

Which Counties Have the Biggest Oil Addiction Problem? We Still Don’t Know.

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 28, 2012 | No Comments

Have you ever thought to yourself, “What I really need is a map showing what U.S. counties use the most gasoline, so that I can target my sustainability efforts there?” Funny, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club were thinking the same thing. What they came up with gets us partway there. “We were […]

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Romney Energy Plan: More Drilling, More Oil Dependence

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 23, 2012 | No Comments

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney unveiled his energy plan today [PDF]. The idea is to break our addiction to foreign oil — by increasing our addiction to domestic oil. If by “domestic” we mean Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Essentially, the plan is to go bananas on oil drilling. States would have the right to […]

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Billionaire Oil Driller Serving as Romney Energy Advisor

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 14, 2012 | No Comments

When it comes to transportation and energy policy, it’s tough to tell exactly where Mitt Romney stands, but there’s a lot to be learned by watching whom he’s keeping close. Yesterday we covered how his VP choice, Paul Ryan, looks to be a policy disaster for sustainable transportation. Ryan indicated in his attention-grabbing but largely […]

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House GOP Tries to Horse-Trade Senate Bill For Keystone Pipeline

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 13, 2012 | No Comments

In another desperate attempt to push forward their fossil fuel agenda, House Republicans have indicated that even though they’ve been incapable of passing a transportation bill, they’re willing to go to conference committee and pass the Senate bill. All the Senate Democrats have to do in return is approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Our sources […]

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House GOP Previews Transpo + Oil Drilling Bill, Details to Come Later

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 17, 2011 | No Comments

Rumors were flying that this morning House GOP leaders would unveil their proposal for a multi-year transportation bill funded in part by oil and gas extraction fees, but they revealed no details at their press conference. Instead, House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica gave a preview, saying the bill will: consolidate duplicative parts of the […]

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Coming Soon: Super-Partisan “Oil-For-Infrastructure” Transpo Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 4, 2011 | No Comments

“In the coming weeks, House Republicans will formally introduce an energy & infrastructure jobs bill, and hope to move the legislation through the House before the end of the year,” House Speaker John Boehner announced yesterday. Back in September, the Speaker let slip that the GOP would like to “link the next highway bill to […]

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