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Perspective: Ending Oils Monopolya Blueprint for Mobility Choice

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Perspective by Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council. We need to develop cleaner, renewable sources of energy as well as alternative means of getting around. Deron Lovaas is the Federal Transportation Policy Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

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Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic.

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Cal Energy Commission adopts report outlining how state transforming transportation system to meet climate goals

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Cleaner fuels with lower carbon intensity numbers, such as biofuels, have the potential to provide immediate emission reduction benefits. California refineries have increasingly turned to foreign sources of crude oil as production in California and Alaska has declined. Market uptake of the cleanest trucks remains slow due to cost.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Support for this use of allowance value stems from the idea that the climate-regulating services of the atmosphere are a common property resource. A dividend would also be similar to the Alaska Permanent Fund, which returns oil-extraction royalties to Alaska residents on a per-capita basis. regional cap-and-trade programs.

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