Transportation & Infrastructure

 
Hacker group Anonymous plans attack on oil-and-gas industry
Zack Colman - 05/16/13 02:22 PM ET

The hacker activist group Anonymous said it plans to target the oil-and-gas sector in a June 20 operation.

“It has been a long time coming,” the collective said of the event, Operation Petrol, in a video it released this week on its YouTube page.

The group said it would hone in on the United States, Canada, England, Israel, China, Italy, France, Germany, Russia and the governments of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar.

Ex-Marine turned street warrior
Keith Laing - 05/14/13 05:00 AM ET

Pete Ruane, a retired U.S. Marine, says his biggest battle these days is convincing Congress that the roads he takes to work need improving. 

Utilities push Obama to nix highway tolls for emergency response
Zack Colman - 05/08/13 11:39 AM ET

Electric utilities plan to ask President Obama to waive highway tolls for utility crews responding to extreme weather-related power outages, an industry source told The Hill.

Obama is meeting with utility chief executives and trade associations Wednesday at the White House to discuss improving response times to major weather disasters like Hurricane Sandy.

The industry source said it would ask Obama for some quick fixes — mostly on the logistics side of emergency response — to prevent a similar episode, with the toll issue being a good start.

LaHood: Car fuel efficiency standards part of Obama 'legacy'
Zack Colman - 04/29/13 03:21 PM ET

Outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Monday that new fuel economy standards he helped usher in with President Obama are “a big deal” that will outlast both of them.

“That will be part of President Obama’s legacy. What a legacy — cleaning up the air in America, getting cleaner burning cars,” LaHood said at a news conference in which Obama tapped Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to lead the Transportation Department (DOT).

The updated Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards require cars to get 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. They were finalized last August.

Flight delays trigger blame game over FAA furloughs among parties, airlines
Keith Laing - 04/22/13 08:11 PM ET

Air travelers reported long delays at airports Monday as the first worker furloughs related to the automatic spending cuts began. 

White House extends aviation biofuel program
Zack Colman - 04/15/13 03:52 PM ET

The federal government extended a research program to develop biofuels for use in commercial airplanes by five years on Monday.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the agreement at a conference outside Washington, D.C.

"By continuing to work together to produce American made 'drop-in' aviation fuels from renewable feedstocks, we will create jobs and economic opportunity in rural America, lessen America's reliance on foreign oil and develop a thriving biofuels industry that will benefit commercial and military enterprises," Vilsack said in a statement.

Obama floats 'Energy Security Trust' in State of the Union address
Zack Colman - 02/12/13 10:46 PM ET

President Obama proposed a program in Tuesday's State of the Union address that would divert some revenues from federal oil-and-gas drilling into research for alternative fuel technology.

In a nod to the economic challenges facing many families, Obama cast the initiative, which he called an “Energy Security Trust,” as a way to reduce household gasoline expenses.

“Let’s … free our families and businesses from the painful spikes in gas prices we’ve put up with for far too long,” Obama said.

The proposal was one of many energy items mentioned in Obama’s speech, underscoring the prominent space it occupies in his second-term agenda.

Chu mum on his future, but chatty on electric cars
Zack Colman - 01/31/13 04:29 PM ET

Energy Secretary Steven Chu didn’t have anything to say about his future Thursday at the Washington Auto Show, but was quite chatty when it came to electric vehicles.

Chu has been dodging questions for weeks about whether he will stick around for President Obama's second term. Many expect him to leave the Cabinet, but he hasn't dropped any hints about his plans.

That trend continued at his auto show appearance, which Chu used to pontificate on the future of electric vehicles.

Oil-and-gas lobby might take ethanol fight to Supreme Court
Zack Colman - 01/29/13 03:21 PM ET

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is "strongly considering" asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case regarding sales of a high-ethanol fuel blend, API Group Downstream Director Bob Greco said Tuesday.

The Supreme Court move would represent another escalation in API’s campaign to roll back rules and court decisions vital to the biofuels industry. Greco said API would need to file a petition for a rehearing by mid-April.

In question is a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruling that upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to allow E15 fuel into the marketplace. 

Dockworkers, shippers agree to deal in principle to avert massive port strike
Zack Colman - 12/28/12 01:18 PM ET

Unionized dockworkers and their employers reached a deal Friday to avert a strike that could have cost the economy billions.

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12/05/12 11:48 AM ET EPA taps new transportation emissions regulator
12/03/12 07:08 PM ET Biofuels group hits back against criticism on high-ethanol fuel
11/27/12 01:47 PM ET Oil-and-gas lobby: Repeal of biofuel rule a top priority in next Congress
10/29/12 11:30 AM ET AFL-CIO chief calls Romney appeals to coal miners dishonest
10/08/12 11:10 AM ET Sen. Feinstein calls for FTC investigation into high Calif. gas prices
10/02/12 04:08 PM ET Biofuels industry lauds automakers for approving higher ethanol fuel blend
09/27/12 03:07 PM ET Dems push White House for update on energy efficiency program
09/27/12 10:00 AM ET Biofuels industry fights back with media blitz
09/20/12 10:18 AM ET Report: US fuel-efficiency standards on trucks stricter than in Europe, Canada
09/04/12 03:50 PM ET Key designer of fuel mileage standards to leave EPA
08/29/12 02:21 PM ET Pickens: Obama abandoned ‘all of the above’ energy policy
08/28/12 04:35 PM ET Biofuels industry: Waiver requests on renewable fuels standard rattling investors
08/27/12 04:15 PM ET Biofuels industry to Obama: Hang tough on renewable fuel standard
08/20/12 04:50 PM ET Fuel industry pushes to keep high-ethanol blends off the market
08/13/12 12:41 PM ET Obama’s DOE to spend $8M on making cars lighter
07/09/12 07:28 PM ET Railway projects boost Obama transit push
07/07/12 07:24 AM ET Boehner faintly praises highway bill, vows more Keystone efforts
05/07/12 08:09 PM ET Insiders pessimistic about highway bill talks
04/10/12 08:35 PM ET Brazil highlights contract dispute during White House visit
03/28/12 07:55 PM ET GOP shifts to offense in highway bill fight
03/21/12 08:10 PM ET GOP lines up to punt on highway bill
03/06/12 06:00 AM ET Broad coalition leans on Congress to pass transportation spending bill
02/07/12 09:30 PM ET Alliance of business, labor on infrastructure begins to fray
02/06/12 09:13 PM ET Clint’s Chrysler commercial ruffles Republican feathers
01/23/12 09:24 PM ET Transportation union blesses deal on FAA
01/18/12 06:00 AM ET Industry hoping next FAA bill has smoother ride through Congress
12/02/11 07:00 AM ET FAA chief Babbitt flies on after having ‘worst three weeks in Washington’
12/01/11 09:28 PM ET Despite Boeing-union deal, Republicans pledge to keep heat on labor board
11/03/11 08:28 PM ET House GOP bill would tie infrastructure spending to energy production
10/24/11 05:56 PM ET House passes bill defying Europe's aircraft emissions rules
09/15/11 05:15 AM ET Boeing remains on sidelines while GOP pushes anti-NLRB bill
09/14/11 05:00 AM ET Transportation groups declare ‘victory’ after FAA, highway funding extensions
08/09/11 07:55 PM ET Gas-tax issue could be the next political fight
08/01/11 03:06 PM ET LaHood: Lawmakers shouldn't fly home until they end FAA partial shutdown
06/17/11 05:30 AM ET NTSB Chairwoman Hersman works safety beat at both ends of Penn Ave.
04/29/11 05:12 PM ET Obama's visit to Florida shows need to mend fences over NASA
04/23/11 10:45 AM ET Battered by gas prices, White House starts attacks on oil companies
04/20/11 12:01 PM ET NTSB investigating aborted landing of Michelle Obama's plane
04/17/11 01:38 PM ET Amid cuts, a lobbying push to restore government programs
04/12/11 08:30 PM ET Houston to NASA: We have a problem
 
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