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Dot Earth Blog: More Signs of Peak Us in New Study of Peak Oil Demand

2013-07-10 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Back in 2010, I asked this question: "Which Comes First Peak Everything or Peak Us?" My focus was whether humans could use the gift of foresight to curb resource appetites in ways that would avoid having the peak imposed on us by shortages or human-induced environmental shifts like climate disruption. There are growing signs the answer is yes. First came work pointing to "peak travel." Then I wrote about a study foreseeing "peak farmland" - an end to the need to keep pressing into untrammeled...

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Dot Earth Blog: 90 Degrees + A.C. + Open Doors = Hamptons Energy Policy?

2013-07-05 21:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: While in East Hampton, N.Y., to discuss America`s energy choices and issues related to the current gas-drilling blitz at a screening of the anti-fracking manifesto "Gasland, Part II," I couldn`t help noticing something that illustrates the mismatch between attitudes and actions on energy in this country: In a stroll down Main Street on a 90-degree day, door after door was wide open, meaning that air conditioners were, in essence, straining to cool the planet. (Physics says this doesn`t work.)...

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Foxx Confirmed Unanimously as DOT Secretary

2013-06-27 21:44:23| ENR.com: Headline News

Foxx's top construction-related task will be finding new revenue to shore up ailing Highway Trust Fund.

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Wyoming DOT Director Says Gas Tax Supports Pavement Preservation Program

2013-06-14 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

First increase in Wyoming's fuel taxes in 15 yr will take effect July 1, allowing Wyoming State Department of Transportation to fully adopt the pavement preservation philosophy it began in 2011. In new Two-Minute State DOT Update video, WYDOT Director John Cox tells Transportation TV the 10-cents-per-gallon increase is expected to raise an additional $47.5 million a year to improve and preserve state's highways. WYDOT manages 6,859 miles of roadway throughout the state. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations

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