Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Climate Change

Test Driving a Hydrogen Car

By Damien Newton | Dec 11, 2007 | No Comments

Knowing that environmentally friendly cars aren’t the silver bullet that is going to solve all of our transportation problems (cleaner cars will probably increase demand for automobiles and could worsen sprawl and congestion) wasn’t enough to stop me from taking the chance to test drive one today at a luncheon held by the Women’s Transportation […]

Help!

By Damien Newton | Dec 6, 2007 | 1 Comment

Following my coverage of the Greenhouse Gas Forum last month, I received a call from a fundraiser for one of the Democratic candidates asking me to put my money where my mouth was and fashion a "green transportation proposal" for the candidates. I’m way behind on getting this done, but I still hope to wrap […]

Federal Government: CO2 Emissions Growing from Transportation Sector

By Damien Newton | Dec 5, 2007 | No Comments

For as long as the government has been keeping track of such things, the amount of greenhouse gases put into the environment by the transportation sector has grown year by year. Growing at almost the same speed has been the amount of miles people travel in their cars. With CA spending more and more efforts […]

Want a Chance to Drive a Hydrogen Car?

By Damien Newton | Dec 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

From an email from the Women’s Transportation Forum: This is no tailpipe dream. The future is here in the form of a fullyfunctioning hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. And WTS-LA will have it ondisplay on December 11. Featuring a revolutionary advance in vehicletechnology, WTS-LA welcomes GM Western Regional Manager for Fuel CellActivities Tim Powers for a […]

Car Culture Not Mentioned as Dems Talk Greenhouse Gases

By Damien Newton | Nov 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

I just got back from the Presidential Forum on Global Warming & America’s Energy Future and wanted to post a quick report. I’m sure Grist will have a more in-depth one shortly and a transcript. But, for those of you looking for some transportation news out of the debate, I’m here to tell you there […]

Congress To Vote on Energy Bill Tomorrow

By Damien Newton | Nov 14, 2007 | No Comments

A note from a friend of mine in the clean building industry. Hey kids, I generally don’t do this and I am obviously a bit biased here, working for a solar company, but in the interests of appearing productive when they have not been while still making sure they get their full 3-4 month vacation, […]

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