Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11485&zzz=40749 SUMMARY: H.R. 5116 would authorize appropriations totaling about $86 billion over the 2011-2015 period for several agencies to support scientific research, industrial innovation, and certain educational activities. Assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would cost about $65 billion over the 2011-2015 period, and about $20 … Continue reading »
Posted on May 6, 2010 …
US and Canadian Climate Legislation by State and Province (revision)
Petersen Institute for International Economics / by Meera Fickling http://tinyurl.com/295rexn The data table on US state and Canadian province climate change initiatives has been updated. Both Canadian and US federal governments are currently considering climate-change laws, but legislation in both countries is neither comprehensive nor certain to pass. In the absence of adequate federal programs, … Continue reading »
Climate Change and the Integrity of Science (letter in Science magazine)
http://www.pacinst.org/climate/climate_statement.pdf (also published in Science, May 7 2010, subscription required) [From Dot Earth posting by Andrew C. Revkin] The journal Science has published a letter signed by 255 members of the National Academy of Sciences, including 11 Nobel laureates, that pushes back sharply after months of assaults on evidence pointing to a growing and disruptive … Continue reading »
Draft Economic Analysis of Polar Bear Critical Habitat
Industrial Economics, Inc. for the US Fish and Wildlife Service http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/mmm/polarbear/pdf/polar_bear_dea.pdf Economic Analysis Fact Sheet: http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/mmm/polarbear/pdf/EconAnalysis.pdf USFWS site on Critical Habitat proposal: http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/mmm/polarbear/criticalhabitat.htm [Docuticker] The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announces a draft economic analysis of the potential impacts of designating critical habitat for the threatened polar bear. The Service also announces it will … Continue reading »
Rethinking Climate Diplomacy : New Ideas for Transatlantic Cooperation Post-Copenhagen
German Marshall Fund of the United States / by Nigel Purvis and Andrew Stevenson http://www.gmfus.org/brusselsforum/2010/docs/BF2010-Paper-Purvis-Stevenson.pdf [From GMF Events Page] Mr. Purvis outlined new thinking on how to best move forward after Copenhagen. • He urged U.S. and European policymakers to adopt a new theory of change. The old theory of focusing first on commitments and … Continue reading »
Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, What We Can Do Now : 2008-2009 Annual Report, President’s Cancer Panel
US National Institutes of Health. National cancer Institute. Division of Extramural Activities /Suzanne H. Reuben for the President’s Cancer Panel http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/pcp.htm [Yale Environment 360] Saying “the true burden of environmentally induced cancers gas been grossly underestimated,” a White House cancer panel has urged President Obama “to use the power of your office to remove the … Continue reading »
Covenant of Mayors Pledges 20 Percent CO2 Cut in 500 European Cities
European Commission http://www.eumayors.eu/library/documents_en.htm#layouted_text [greenbiz.com] More than 500 European mayors committed yesterday to cut carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 percent by 2020. The pledge was made at the second of what are now annual meetings of mayors from across the continent. [eumayors.eu] With more than 500 towns and cities signing the declaration during the … Continue reading »
Oil Spills — Keeping Workers Safe During Oil Spill Response and Cleanup Efforts
Dept. of Labor. Occupational Health and Safety Administration http://www.osha.gov/oilspills/index.html Information for workers covered by OSHA’s Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard (1910.120 and 1926.65). It covers protective equipment, precautions and training, potential hazards, etc. There are links to information on training and inspection procedures, as well as to the National Response Team, the National … Continue reading »
How Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Affect Employment
Conmgressional Budget Office Director’s Blog / by Douglas Elmendorf http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=806 [Selections] In a brief [prepared by Bruce Arnold], CBO has analyzed the research on the effects that policies to reduce green house gases would have on employment and concluded that total employment during the next few decades would be slightly lower than would be the … Continue reading »
