The Gas Price Blame Game

The Gas Price Blame Game

Mary Mata March 20, 2012

By Peter Lehner Every year when gas prices rise, politicians and pundits like to play the blame game. On Fox & Friends, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal blamed the Obama administration’s “radical environmental […]

South TX Oil Fields: Short-Term Benefits, Long-Term Probs

Mary Mata December 1, 2011

By Roberto R. Calderón So here we are again visiting the subject of the developing oil and gas field by intensive fracking technologies in a wide swath of South Texas counties. The Eagle Ford […]

Gas Mileage Gains Move the Country Forward

Mary Mata August 9, 2011

By Peter Lehner Today my colleague Luke Tonachel and I represented NRDC at the Washington ceremony where President Obama announced a triumph of American leadership, the single largest step we […]

News Taco To Go: Unemployment, Oil, Food Dye, Wisconsin And Highway Deaths

Mary Mata April 1, 2011

Unemployment is the lowest it’s been in two years, 8.8%, and workers were added to the economy faster in the past two months than any other time since the recession […]

News Taco To Go: Budget, Pope, Gays, Libya And The Pope

Mary Mata March 2, 2011

Crude oil prices are rising, given the unrest in the Middle East, this will translate to higher gas prices. Congress is figuring out how to fund government for a while […]

NewsTaco To Go: Budget Cuts, Gas Prices, Gays, PTSD And Wisconsin

Mary Mata February 24, 2011

Wisconsin lawmakers have agreed to put an end to debating the bill that would strip state employees of collective bargaining rights, a vote could come as soon as noon. GOP […]