Recent Streetsblog LA posts about oil

To Address Demand for Oil, We Must Focus on Transportation

By Earl Blumenauer | Jun 21, 2010 | No Comments

The consequences of our transportation policy. (Photo: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency via Flickr) Editor’s note: Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) sent us this commentary on the the BP oil spill, climate change and the need for transportation reform. Last week, President Obama delivered his first speech from the Oval Office on the single greatest challenge our […]

Jon Stewart’s Stinging Rebuke of Presidential Promises to Get off Oil

By Matthew Roth | Jun 17, 2010 | No Comments

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c An Energy-Independent Future www.thedailyshow.com Jon Stewart fired one of his more brilliant salvos last night, synthesizing 40 years of political posturing around energy independence and America’s addiction to foreign oil in just under eight minutes of pointed satire. Using President Obama’s Oval Office […]