Environmental Defense Fund, National Audubon Society and the National Wildlife Federation http://web1.audubon.org/news/pressRelease.php?id=2760 A new report released today on the 100th day of the BP oil disaster details short and long-term strategies for the Obama administration to make coastal Louisiana less vulnerable to future oil spills and hurricanes, including negotiating with BP for a $5 billion … Continue reading »
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Making Waves: Examining the Case for Sustainable Water Exports from Canada
Fraser Institute / by Diane Katz http://tinyurl.com/2bjpds8 [This report] provides an overview of global water supplies and Canada’s hydrology, including current patterns of water use, as well as a review of the laws and regulations that govern the resource. Water diversions and transfers, both past and present, are summarized, as are the benefits of and … Continue reading »
Nuclear Power Subsidies Will Shift Financial Risks to Taxpayers
Union of Concerned Scientists http://tinyurl.com/26s2vzj Massive government subsidies proposed in two pending Senate climate and energy bills would shift the risk of financing and constructing new nuclear reactors from the industry to U.S. taxpayers, according to an analysis released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Such subsidies would disadvantage more cost-effective, less risky … Continue reading »
Meeting the Energy Challenges of the Future : A Guide for Policymakers
National Conference of State Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=20839 Meeting the Energy Challenges of the Future: A Guide for Policymakers provides an overview of the challenges facing states as they attempt to meet the electricity demands of the 21st century. It investigates regional diversity, fuel sources, and the economic and environmental effects of energy choices. This guide also … Continue reading »
Assault on America: A Decade of Petroleum Company Disaster, Pollution, and Profit
National Wildlife Federation http://tinyurl.com/24zeoeu A new report catalogs a decade of serious oil spills, fires, leaks and loss of life over the last decade that National Wildlife Federation says underscores petroleum company malfeasance. According to the report, from 2000 to 2010, the oil and gas industry accounted for hundreds of deaths, explosions, fires, seeps, and … Continue reading »
Cost Estimate for H.R. 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2010
Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/117xx/doc11709/SprattLtrhr3534.pdf Based on a preliminary review of an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3534, the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2010, as posted on the Web site of the House Committee on Rules on July 26, 2010, CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would increase … Continue reading »
Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography – Regional Comparisons of Global Issues
PLOS (Public Library of Science) Collections — a collection of survey articles and review articles http://www.ploscollections.org/article/browseIssue.action?issue=info:doi/10.1371/issue.pcol.v02.i09 Through a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations, the Census of Marine Life (2000-2010) has engaged in a coordinated scientific program to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans. One … Continue reading »
Climate Change: The Quality, Comparability, and Review of Emissions Inventories Vary Between Developed and Developing Nations
Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10818.pdf Nations that are Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change periodically submit inventories estimating their greenhouse gas emissions. The Convention Secretariat runs a review process to evaluate inventories from 41 “Annex I” nations, which are mostly economically developed nations. The 153 “non-Annex I” nations are generally less economically … Continue reading »
Europe’s Emissions Trading System
Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. / by Richard N. Cooper http://tinyurl.com/2cl36q4 This paper describes and evaluates the system for trading CO2 emission permits introduced by the European Union to encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to help abate climate change. This system represents a live example of a functioning trading system under the … Continue reading »
