Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09249r.pdf?source=ra [From letter] In December 2005, California requested a waiver from EPA to allow it to regulate motor vehicle emissions of greenhouse gases, which are closely linked to global climate change. At the time, EPA was responding to litigation initiated by environmental groups and state and local governments regarding whether greenhouse gas … Continue reading »
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Climate Change in Australia : Technical Report 2007
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research / Bureau of Meteorology through the Australian Climate Change Science Program http://www.csiro.au/resources/Climate-Change-Technical-Report-2007.html More on bushfires in Australia: this 2007 report “predicted that, if climate change continues unabated, by 2020 there could be up to two-thirds more “extreme fire-danger days” compared with 1990. The organization found that there could be up … Continue reading »
Extending Climate Rebates to Include Middle Income Consumers
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities / by Chad Stone and Robert Greenstein http://www.cbpp.org/2-19-09climate2.pdf KEY FINDINGS IN THIS REPORT: * Effective policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will raise prices for energy-related products and thereby squeeze family budgets. * The squeeze will be greatest for low- income households, but middle-income households will also be affected. … Continue reading »
Why Utilities Are Not Well-Suited to Deliver Relief to Low- and Moderate-Income Consumers in a Climate Bill
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities / by Chad Stone and Robert Greenstein http://www.cbpp.org/2-19-09climate.htm Comprehensive climate change legislation is expected to include measures to mitigate the effects of higher energy-related prices on low- and moderate-income family budgets. Those higher energy prices play an important role in achieving efficient emissions reductions under a cap-and-trade system (or … Continue reading »
Tracking the Sun : the Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998–2007
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, DOE / by Ryan Wiser, Galen Barbose, and Carla Peterman http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/emp/reports/lbnl-1516e.pdf [From press release] After analyzing records from a decade’s worth of solar power installations, Berkeley Lab researchers conclude that overall costs have declined significantly because of decreases in associated expenses such as labor and overhead – most likely because of … Continue reading »
Positioning the Indian Coal-Power Sector for Carbon Mitigation : Key Policy Options
Belfer Center, Kennedy Center, Harvard University / by Ananth Chikkatur and Ambuj Sagar http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/18830/positioning_the_indian_coalpower_sector_for_carbon_mitigation.html [From summary] The major challenge facing India is how to reconcile rapid growth in the coal-power sector with the increasing urgency to address climate concerns. Appropriate actions and policies that offer climate co-benefits in the present could lay a foundation for an … Continue reading »
Tackling U.S. Energy Challenges and Opportunities : Preliminary Policy Recommendations for Enhancing Energy Innovation in The United States
Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard University / by Laura Diaz Anadon, Kelly Sims, Matthew Bunn and Charles Jones http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/18826/tackling_us_energy_challenges_and_opportunities.html [Summary] The incoming Obama Administration and the 111th Congress face enormous challenges and opportunities in tackling the pressing security, economic, and environmental problems posed by the energy sector in the United States and worldwide. Improving the … Continue reading »
