Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Climate Change

Transit Industry and State DOTs Agree: Senate Climate Bill Needs ‘Rewrite’

By Elana Schor | May 20, 2010 | No Comments

The transit industry’s leading D.C. lobbying outlet joined the umbrella group for state DOTs yesterday and two major construction groups to protest the Senate climate bill’s failure to set aside all of the revenue from its proposed new fuel fees for infrastructure projects — specifically, to the cash-strapped highway trust fund that is generally split, […]

Transit Industry to Join State DOTs in Blasting Senate Climate Bill

By Elana Schor | May 19, 2010 | No Comments

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is set to join the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and two construction interests tomorrow in protesting the Senate climate bill’s proposed diversion of new fuel fees away from infrastructure — an argument that puts the transit industry’s leading D.C. lobbying group squarely in the […]

Behind the Transport Industry’s Lament About the Senate Climate Bill

By Elana Schor | May 17, 2010 | No Comments

While transport reform advocates hailed last week’s long-awaited Senate climate bill for directing an estimated $6 billion-plus towards local land use planning and green infrastructure, state DOTs and construction interests criticized the legislation — suggesting that the measure’s sponsors could face stiff resistance from the transportation industry’s mainstream despite making concessions to win over all […]

Senate Climate Bill Would Send $6B-Plus to Cleaner Transportation

By Elana Schor | May 13, 2010 | No Comments

Transportation would receive more than $6 billion of the revenue generated by selling carbon emissions permits to fuel providers under a new Senate climate bill introduced today by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT). Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), left, Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), center, and John Kerry (D-MA), right, began their climate talks in […]

Senate Climate Bill to Feature Transport Carbon Cap — But No Trading

By Elana Schor | May 12, 2010 | No Comments

Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) are set to roll out their long-awaited, somewhat delayed climate change bill tomorrow without onetime co-sponsor Lindsey Graham (R-SC). The legislation no longer includes its originally conceived "linked fee" on motor fuels — which was quickly branded as a gas tax increase, alarming Graham and the White […]

Move to “Delay” California’s Greenhouse Gas Law Gains Steam. Gov. Pushes Back

By Damien Newton | May 3, 2010 | 7 Comments

Republican Gubernatorial candidates are only debating how best to delay the implementation of A.B. 32 (This story has been updated to reflect the statement released today by the Governor’s Office. – DN) Proponents of clean energy and environmental laws designed to reduce the amount of Greenhouse Gases from being dumped into the air had best […]

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