Transportation Research Board http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/sr307.pdf [Press release] The U.S. transportation sector accounts for more than two-thirds of the nation’s oil use and about 25 percent of its carbon dioxide emissions. A new report from the National Research Council, examines five major policies that could save energy and reduce these emissions over the next 20 to 50 … Continue reading »
Posted on June 23, 2011 …
S.757: Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology Prize Act of 2011
Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/122xx/doc12251/s757.pdf S. 757 would authorize appropriations for the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide competitive financial awards to support the development of advanced technologies to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Because the bill also would reduce an existing authorization of appropriations for other activities, CBO estimates that implementing S. 757 would … Continue reading »
S. 646: Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011
Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/122xx/doc12250/s646.pdf S. 646 would reauthorize federal programs aimed at developing methods to reduce damage caused by earthquakes and windstorms. The bill also would reauthorize several committees that advise federal agencies on implementing those programs. Assuming appropriation of the authorized and necessary amounts, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would cost $803 million … Continue reading »
S. 183: Deepwater Horizon Survivors’ Fairness Act
Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/122xx/doc12249/s183.pdf S. 183 would amend several laws related to private liability that apply to the injury or death of workers on ocean-going vessels or on certain other facilities located in the ocean. CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would have no significant impact on the federal budget. Enacting S. 183 would not … Continue reading »
Agricultural Biotechnology: Benefits, Opportunities, and Leadership
Harvard Univ., Kennedy School, Belfer Center / Testimony of Calestous Juma to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/21146/agricultural_biotechnology.html [From Written Testimony] Skeptics have sought over the last 20 years to slow down the application of agricultural biotechnology. International collaboration on biotechnology for African … Continue reading »
Research, Development, and Demonstration for the Future of Nuclear Energy
Harvard Univ., Kennedy School, Belfer Center / by Laura Diaz Anadon, Valentina Bosetti, Matthew Bunn, Michela Catenacci and Audrey Lee (Policy Brief) http://bit.ly/lkXTru Key Points On safety: The Fukushima accident highlights the need for improved preparedness for events beyond the design basis for nuclear reactors, strengthened emergency response, and safer management of spent nuclear fuel. … Continue reading »
Shale Gas: a Provisional Assessment of Climate Change and Environmental Impacts
Univ. of Manchester, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research for The Cooperative/ by Ruth Wood, Paul Gilbert, Maria Sharmina, Kevin Anderson, Anthony Footitt, Steven Glynn and Fiona Nicholls (dated January 2011) http://www.scribd.com/doc/55017665/The-Tyndall-Report-on-Fracking [Yale Environment 360 posting: Comments by Kevin Anderson, energy director of the Tyndall Centre] My principal concerns (and expertise) have been on the climate … Continue reading »
