Climate Change
Advocates Score a Win for Climate Realism at U.S. DOT
The NRDC fended off a White House attack on an Obama-era rule aimed at documenting and forecasting the impact of state transportation policies on carbon emissions.
September 27, 2017
Nine States Sue Trump Administration for Blocking Climate Progress at U.S. DOT
Presidents don't get to pick and choose which federal rules they comply with.
September 25, 2017
Trump Administration Trying to Snuff Out Climate Progress at U.S. DOT
The White House is trying to squash assessments of how transportation projects affect carbon pollution. NRDC, Clean Air Carolina, and U.S. PIRG are suing the administration to ensure these climate impacts are publicly disclosed.
August 3, 2017
What Would It Take to Eliminate Carbon Emissions From U.S. Transportation?
To do its part to avert catastrophic climate change, the United States would have to more or less eliminate carbon emissions from transportation in the next 35 years. But America is nowhere near on pace to make that happen.
October 26, 2016
Yes, Local Transportation Agencies Can Measure Their Climate Impacts
It's going to be a tough sell for those who claim that greenhouse gas performance measures for transportation can’t possibly work, when plenty of transportation agencies say it would be no problem.
August 24, 2016
Stark Divisions Between Dems and GOP on Climate Impacts of Transportation
How polarized are the two political parties on key questions about transportation policy and climate change? As you can imagine, the answer is "very."
August 22, 2016
U.S. Transportation Now Belches Out More Carbon Than U.S. Electricity
For the first time in almost four decades, the nation's tailpipes now spew out more carbon emissions than the nation's smokestacks. It's an indication of how slowly the American transportation sector is rising to the challenge of preventing catastrophic climate change.
August 5, 2016
Survey: Americans Want DOTs to Factor Climate Change in Their Decisions
Should we continue to let state transportation departments spend tens of billions of dollars in federal funds each year without regard to how highway expansions contribute to climate change? Right now U.S. DOT is looking to inject some accountability into a process that has created a very carbon-intensive transportation system, and a new poll suggests most Americans would welcome that.
August 5, 2016
7 Steps to Phase Out Carbon Emissions From American Transportation
Eliminating carbon emissions from the American transportation system can be done, according to a new report from the Frontier Group [PDF]. The tools to reduce energy use from cars and light trucks at least 90 percent are at our disposal or in advanced stages of development. The remaining 10 percent could be supplied by renewables like wind power.
May 25, 2016
Why Fixing the Rust Belt Could Help Save the Climate
Cross-posted from the Frontier Group.
May 23, 2016