Globalizing the Energy Revolution : How to Really Win the Clean-Energy Race

Foreign Affairs (November/December 2010) / by By Michael Levi, Elizabeth C. Economy, Shannon O’Neil, and Adam Segal (available for free in HTML until 12/1910 using the link below; print copy available through RFF Library) http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66864/michael-levi-elizabeth-c-economy-shannon-oneil-and-adam-segal/globalizing-the-energy-revolution [From Michael Levi's blog] We argue that the United States and others need to boost their support for clean energy … Continue reading »

Carbon Reporting to Date: Seeing the Wood for the Trees

Deloitte “A survey of carbon reporting practice in UK listed companies” http://tinyurl.com/26hk4bp [Climate Biz] The U.K. government released carbon accounting guidance last year to help organizations measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, but just one in 10 companies in a recent survey is actually using it. …The survey found that overall, 57 percent of … Continue reading »

Managing Allowance Prices in a Cap and Trade Program

Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11872 [Unintentended Consequences of Managing Allowance Prices] Actual experience in managing allowance prices through the approaches that CBO examined is quite limited, which could make it harder to anticipate the effects of such features if they were included in a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions. For example, a hard price floor … Continue reading »