US EPA http://tinyurl.com/y2mx5mb [From Press Release] …the15th annual U.S. greenhouse gas inventory report, which shows a drop in overall emissions of 2.9 percent from 2007 to 2008. The downward trend is attributed to a decrease in carbon dioxide emissions associated with fuel and electricity consumption. Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2008 … Continue reading »
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FTC Comment to FERC : Consider Ways Alternative Energy Sources Could be Used More Efficiently in Nation’s Power Generation System
Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/os/2010/04/V100009ferccomment.pdf [Docuticker] The Federal Trade Commission has submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on how alternative sources of energy – such as wind farms, solar cells, and solar thermal installations – can best be integrated into the nation’s electric power grid. The FTC recommends that FERC study ways to make … Continue reading »
CLEAR & The Economy
The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law / by J. Scott Holladay and Michael A. Livermore http://www.policyintegrity.org/documents/ClearandTheEconomy.pdf [From Introduction] This policy brief discusses the Carbon Limits and Energy for America’s Renewal (CLEAR) Act in the context of the green economy, with a special focus on its ability to drive innovation, … Continue reading »
Supplying Synthetic Crude Oil from Canadian Oil Sands : A Comparative Study of the Costs and CO2 Emissions of Mining and In-Situ Recovery
Univ. of Cambridge, Department of Economics Electricity Policy Research Group / by Aurélie Méjean and Chris Hope http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/dae/repec/cam/pdf/cwpe1014.pdf [Abstract] High crude oil prices and the eventual decline of conventional oil production raise the issue of alternative fuels such as non-conventional oil. The paper describes a simple probabilistic model of the costs of synthetic crude oil … Continue reading »
The Spatial Extent of Water Quality Benefits in Urban Housing Markets
US EPA. National Center for Environmental Economics / by Patrick Walsh, J. Walter Milon and David Scrogin http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eed.nsf/WPNumber/2010-02 [Abstract] Federal efforts are increasingly targeting surface water quality in urban watersheds throughout the U.S., as demonstrated by recent litigation between the EPA and the State of Florida. While the cost of achieving federal standards is ultimately … Continue reading »
An Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Regulation Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere
The Pew Environment Group / by Eban Goodstein, Eugenie Euskirchen and Henry Huntington http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=57161 Summary version of this report is titled, Arctic Treasure: Global Assets Melting Away [From Press Release] [This] report quantifies the global cost of the Arctic’s declining ability to cool the climate, indicating that the rapid melting of the region could carry … Continue reading »
Annual Health-Related Costs of Foodborne Illness for Each State
Pew Trusts http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/cost_map [From Press Release] A new study by a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) economist estimates the total economic impact of foodborne illness across the nation to be a combined $152 billion annually. The Produce Safety Project, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts at Georgetown University, published the report, Health-Related … Continue reading »
The Supply Side E ects of Climate Change on Tourism
University of the West Indies, Department of Economics via RePec / by Winston R. Moore, Leandra Harewood and Ti any Grosvenor http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/21469/1/MPRA_paper_21469.pdf [Abstract] Assuming nothing is done to address greenhouse gas emissions, sea levels across the world are anticipated to rise by between 0.2m and 1m over this century. Higher sea levels can be particularly devastating … Continue reading »
Glacier National Park in Peril : The Threats of Climate Disruption
Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization / by Stephen Saunders, Tom Easley and Theo Spencer http://www.rockymountainclimate.org/programs_9.htm [From Press Release] Glacier is one of the 25 national parks identified as most vulnerable to the effects of a changed climate in our October 2009 report, National Parks in Peril. This new profile details … Continue reading »
Cost Estimate for S. 2870, International Fisheries Stewardship and Enforcement Act
Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/114xx/doc11445/s2870.pdf [Summary] S. 2870 would establish uniform enforcement policies and procedures among federal statutes that govern the regulation of commercial fishing. The bill also would authorize funding for programs to improve the enforcement of laws related to international fisheries and coordinate enforcement actions among federal agencies. In addition, the bill would authorize … Continue reading »
