May 23rd, 2013
Surf’s up! This Memorial Day weekend, 31.2 million Americans will buckle up and hit the road in hot pursuit of the best barrels ever, or just a weekend filled with fun and relaxation. So grab that bottle of sunblock left over from last year, dust off your floppiest sunhat, and systematically pack your luggage into your car like a Tetris grandmaster, because it’s (almost) officially summer. Read More
March 12th, 2013
Earlier this year, the United States Global Change Research Program released its draft of the Third National Climate Assessment (NCA), which consolidates our current understanding of climate change and its impacts on states and regions across the country. The report is an impressive summary of what’s happening to our planet as we break temperature records that date back as far as the Holocene. Read More
February 4th, 2013
Newsflash – Americans spend a lot on gasoline. In fact, over the lifetime of an average vehicle, you spend around $22,000 on gasoline. That might be as much as you spent on the vehicle in the first place. So where does all this money end up? Read More
December 6th, 2012
During his first term, President Obama made history by setting the first ever global warming emissions standards for both cars and trucks and putting our nation on a course to double new vehicle fuel economy by 2025, fulfilling his 2008 campaign promise to cut oil use 2.5 million barrels per day. Now it is time for him to cement his legacy on oil by going where none of his predecessors have gone before — President Obama must commit the nation to a realistic path to cut our projected oil use in half over the next twenty years. Read More
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