Russian Energy Policy Toward Neighboring Countries

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34201/
[Abstract] Russian oil and natural gas industries have become key players in the global energy market, particularly in Europe and Eurasia. Another trend has been the concentration of these industries in the hands of the Russian government. This latter phenomenon has been accompanied by an authoritarian political system, in which former intelligence officers play [...]

Transforming Energy Innovation

Issues in Science and Technology (forthcoming Fall 2009, v26 n1 pp. 57-64) by Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti, Laura Diaz Anadon and Ambuj D. Sagar [published elsewhere on the Belfer Center website as, "Institutions for Energy Innovation: A Transformational Challenge" .]
http://tinyurl.com/ydx8r78
[Abstract] “The United States must change the way it produces and uses energy by shifting away from [...]

Securing America’s Future : Enhancing Our National Security by Reducing Oil Dependence and Environmental Damage

Center for American Progress / by Christopher Beddor, Winny Chen, Rudy deLeon, Shiyong Park, Daniel J. Weiss
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/08/securing_future.html
[Website]  The United States has an historic opportunity to enhance its national security by reducing its dependence on oil. Policies to accomplish this goal, including more efficient fuel economy standards, investments in hybrid and electric vehicles, development of natural [...]

A Green Global Recovery? Assessing US Economic Stimulus and the Prospects for International Coordination

World Resources Institute / by Trevor Houser and Shashank Mohan and Robert Heilmayr
http://www.petersoninstitute.org/publications/pb/pb09-3.pdf
[From Petersen Institute press release] Trevor Houser, Shashank Mohan, and Robert Heilmayr consider twelve proposed “green” stimulus programs and examine the economic, environmental, and energy-security costs and benefits of these proposals using the Energy Information Administration’s National Energy Modeling System and the Bureau [...]

Evaluating the Energy Security Implications of a Carbon-Constrained U.S. Economy

World Resources Institute / Center for Strategic and International Studies / by Britt Childs Staley, Sarah Ladislaw, Kathryn Zyla, and Jenna Goodward
http://www.wri.org/publication/energy-security-implications-carbon-constrained-us-economy
[Website] In this paper, eight scenarios are examined for technological development and energy use in the United States in 2035. All envision limiting the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) to 450 parts per [...]

Energy Discovery-Innovation Institutes : a Step toward America’s Energy Sustainability

Brookings Institution / by James Duderstadt, Mark Muro, Gary Was, Andrea Sarzynski, Robert McGrath, Michael Corradini,  Linda Katehi and Rick Shangraw
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/0209_energy_innovation_muro.aspx?rssid=LatestFromBrookings
[Abstract]  The need to renew America’s economy, foster its energy security, and respond to global climate change compels the transformation of U.S. energy policy. Innovation and its commercialization must move to the center of national [...]

Role of the U.S. in the World Order : Sanderstølen Conference on Energy Policy

Center for American Progress / John Podesta
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/02/sanderstolen_speech.html
[From a Greenwire story by Darren Samuelsohn, subscription required] In a speech last week just outside Oslo, John Podesta, President Obama’s former transition director, said U.S. national security is threatened by global warming in the Middle East, South Asia and the Horn of Africa and West Africa. Podesta also [...]

Energy Policy Act of 2005 : Summary and Analysis of Enacted Provisions

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/RL33302
[Abstract.]  The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58), signed by President Bush August 8, 2005, was the first omnibus energy legislation enacted in more than a decade. Major provisions include tax incentives for domestic energy production and energy efficiency, a mandate to double the nation’s use of biofuels, repeal of restrictions on [...]

Roadmap for a Secure, Low-Carbon Energy Economy : Balancing Energy Security and Climate Change

World Resources Institute / Center for Strategic and International Studies / by Sarah Ladislaw, Kathryn Zyla, Jonathan Pershing, Frank Verrastro, Jenna Goodward, David Pumphrey and Britt Staley
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/090204_energy_roadmap.pdf
[Recommendations]  This roadmap creates a three-part framework for thinking about the transition to a secure, low-carbon economy. It recommends that the administration and Congress should:
1) Establish a vision for [...]

Structuring a Green Recovery: Evaluating Policy Options for an Economic Stimulus Package

Peterson Institute for International Economics / Testimony of Trevor Houser before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, US House of Representatives
http://www.petersoninstitute.org/publications/papers/paper.cfm?ResearchID=1093

 A well-designed recovery package can create jobs and stimulate the economy while cutting CO2 emissions and reducing dependence on foreign sources of energy. Energy savings for businesses, consumers, and the government can [...]