Methane Capture: Options for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction

Congressional Research Service
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40813_20090917.pdf
[From summary] “Among the six gases that have generally been the primary focus of concern [in climate change research], methane is the second-most abundant, accounting for approximately 8% of total U.S. GHG emissions in 2007. Methane is emitted from a number of sources. The most significant are agriculture (both animal digestive systems and [...]

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 [...]

Energy Technology Transitions for Industry : Strategies for the Next Industrial Revolution

OECD
http://www.sourceoecd.org/9789264068728
(RFFers will need to access the SourceOECD username and password on the library’s welcome page top left frame under “databases by title”.)
[Abstract] Industry accounts for one-third of global energy use and almost 40% of worldwide CO2 emissions.  Achieving substantial emissions reduction in the future will require urgent action from industry.  What are the [...]

America’s Energy Future : Technology and Transformation

National Research Council
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12710 (download available after free registration)
[From press release] With a sustained national commitment, the United States could obtain substantial energy-efficiency improvements, new sources of energy, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through the accelerated deployment of existing and emerging energy technologies, according to America’s Energy Future: Technology and Transformation, the capstone report of [...]

The Positive Economics of Climate Change Policies : What the Historical Evidence Can Tell U

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy / John A. “Skip” Laitner
http://www.aceee.org/pubs/e095.htm
[From abstract] Most economic policy models now suggest a significantly negative impact on the economy if U.S. policymakers choose to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to any significant extent. There are a number of reasons for these inappropriate outcomes. Primarily, they are an artifact of the [...]

The Manhattan Project, the Apollo Program, and Federal Energy Technology R&D Programs : A Comparative Analysis

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34645/
[Summary]  Some policymakers have concluded that the energy challenges facing the United States are so critical that a concentrated investment in energy research and development (R&D) should be undertaken. The Manhattan project, which produced the atomic bomb, and the Apollo program, which landed American men on the moon, have been cited as examples [...]

Tackling U.S. Energy Challenges and Opportunities : Preliminary Policy Recommendations for Enhancing Energy Innovation in The United States

Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard University / by Laura Diaz Anadon, Kelly Sims, Matthew Bunn and Charles Jones
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/18826/tackling_us_energy_challenges_and_opportunities.html
[Summary]  The incoming Obama Administration and the 111th Congress face enormous challenges and opportunities in tackling the pressing security, economic, and environmental problems posed by the energy sector in the United States and worldwide. Improving the technologies of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Desalination : An Ocean of Problems

Food and Water Watch
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/pubs/reports/desalination-an-ocean-of-problems
{From press release] Food & Water Watch today released a new report that reveals that ocean desalination, an emerging technology often promoted by private corporations as a solution to drought and water shortages, creates a myriad of environmental and social problems. Desalination: An Ocean of Problems finds that desalination—the process of removing [...]