Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Oil

Retired Military Leaders, Corporate CEOs: Driving Alone Aids Terrorists

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 10, 2011 | No Comments

What do the president of FedEx, the former Director of National Intelligence, and 19 other business and military leaders have in common? They’re urging the U.S. to adopt less oil-intensive transportation habits. They say our national security depends on it. Retired military officers have joined forces with business tycoons to form the Energy Security Leadership […]

BP, Toyota, and the Illusion of the Car System Techno-Fix

By Anne Lutz Fernandez and Catherine Lutz | Aug 5, 2010 | No Comments

Last Christmas, an Oregon couple driving with their baby in the backseat followed erroneous GPS instructions and got stranded on wilderness roads in a Cascades snowstorm. Twelve hours later, they had given up hope and taped a farewell video. While a rescue party fortunately was able to save them, they no doubt wished they hadn’t […]

The Moral Imperative of the BP Oil Spill: Drive 20 Percent Less

By Jason Henderson | Jun 14, 2010 | No Comments

Photo: Jonathan Henderson, Gulf Restoration Network Editor’s note: This is an essay from Jason Henderson, a Geography Professor at San Francisco State University. He was born and raised in New Orleans and spent many years exploring Louisiana’s wetlands. He is currently writing a book about the politics of mobility, and frequently advocates for reduced car […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Little Green Man and the Lizard Squeezins

By Brad Aaron | May 18, 2010 | 6 Comments

Sometimes it takes an outsider’s perspective to see things clearly. So what would an extra-terrestrial think of humankind’s dependence on fossil fuels? In light of the devastation being unleashed off the shores of the Gulf states, cartoonist and recent Pulitzer recipient Mark Fiore files this brilliant summation of the absurdly self-destructive lengths we earthlings go […]

Keep Drilling, Stop Driving, Use Oil Wisely

By Jason Henderson | May 3, 2010 | No Comments

BP’s Deepwater Horizon. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard. Editor’s note: Jason Henderson is a geography professor at San Francisco State University who is writing a book on the politics of mobility in cities. He grew up in New Orleans, where he spent much time in the coastal wetlands of Louisiana while also observing the activity of […]

The Gas Needle and the Damage Done

By Elana Schor | Aug 12, 2009 | 3 Comments

NRDC’s depiction of how hard states are hit by gas costs, ranked by percentage of income spent. America’s oil addiction is readily acknowledged, even by its biggest enablers. But what is the nation actually doing to kick the habit and embrace a safer, healthier, more realistic energy future? An attempt to answer that question was […]

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