OECD (available to RFFers for free on OECD iLibrary; if prompted for a password, see the library landing page, left side) (OECD Studies on Environmental Innovation) http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264096684-en Eco-innovation is more important than ever on the public policy agenda. It is a major driver for green growth and contributes to the environmental performance and economic development … Continue reading »
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Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the United States
OECD (available to RFFers for free on OECD iLibrary; if prompted for a password, see the library landing page, left side) http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264096721-en The United States is one of the most important agricultural producers in the world. It has a very large domestic market and is the world’s largest exporter of agricultural products. Indeed, the share … Continue reading »
Greening Household Behaviour: The Role of Public Policy
OECD (available to RFFers for free on OECD iLibrary; if prompted for a password, see the library landing page, left side http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264096875-en Household consumption patterns and behaviour have an impact on stocks of natural resources, environmental quality and climate change. This is expected to increase significantly in the future. In response, governments have introduced a … Continue reading »
Providing All Global Energy with Wind, Water, and Solar Power
Energy Policy (March 2011) v39, n3, p1154-1169 and p1170-1190 / by Mark Z.Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi Part I: Technologies, Energy Resources, Quantities and Areas of Infrastructure, and Materials Part II: Reliability, System and Transmission Costs,and Policies [Bradford Plummer at tnr.com] …late last year, two engineering professors, Mark Jacobson of Stanford and Mark Delucchi of … Continue reading »
The Energy Report: 100% Renewable Energy by 2050
World Wildlife Fund http://tinyurl.com/5uxjlo5 [By Bradford Plummer at tnr.com] For a long time, the argument that the world could wean itself off both fossil fuels and atomic energy was confined to earnest green groups. Last month, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released a 250-page report on how to get there by 2050. The roadmap starts … Continue reading »
An Assessment of California’s Nuclear Power Plants: AB 1632 Report
California Energy Commission (report dated November 2008) http://tinyurl.com/4vvcdwh [From Abstract] The report An Assessment of California’s Nuclear Power Plants: AB 1632 Committee Report was prepared in response to Assembly Bill 1632 (Blakeslee, Chapter 722, Statutes of 2006). The bill directs the California Energy Commission to assess the potential vulnerability of California’s largest baseload power plants, … Continue reading »
How We Travel: A Sustainable National Program for Travel Data
National Academies, Transportation Research Board http://download.nap.edu/cart/deliver.cgi?record_id=13125 (free PDF with registration) [Description] TRB Special Report 304: How We Travel: A Sustainable National Program for Travel Data assesses the current state of travel data at the federal, state, and local levels and defines an achievable and sustainable travel data system that could support public and private transportation … Continue reading »
