Documents and publications archive
- Testimony: EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas standards for new power plants, Chicago Type: Testimony
Date: May 24, 2012
Robert Collier, Research Analyst - Testimony: EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas standards for new power plants, Washington Type: Testimony
Date: May 24, 2012
Mandy Warner, Climate & Air Policy Specialist - Our goal is an electric grid as interactive as the Internet: open to entrepreneurs and innovation, including low-carbon resources.
- SolarCity’s leasing model makes clean energy affordable for U.S. military homes across the country.
- Statement as Delivered by Sara Hopper, Agricultural Policy Director Type: Testimony
Date: April 27, 2012
Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry - Offsets help unlock the potential of California’s cap-and-trade program, the cornerstone of AB 32.
- Natural gas and the invisible spill: How much methane is reaching the atmosphere? Type: Link External link source:
Source: TimeDate: April 10, 2012
Time.com story on methane leakage quoting EDF scientists Ramon Alvarez and Steve Hamburg. - Natural gas could be a game-changer—but only if it can be extracted safely.
- Model quantifies the climate implications of reducing emissions from natural gas systems in the context of natural gas-fueled technologies.
- Paper and model quantify what it will take to get sustained benefits from natural gas.
- California Poised To Launch Program Eliminating The Upfront Cost Of Energy Efficiency And Solar Upgrades
- Often called the ―lifeblood of the West,‖ the Colorado River drains areas of seven U.S. and two Mexican states
- Key features and benefits of California's cap and trade program.
- Examines operations and air emissions in the Houston tug and barge industry and identifies opportunities to establish emissions reduction targets.
- EPA’s proposed carbon pollution emission standards would establish first nationwide limits on climate-destabilizing pollution from new power plants.
- Innovation is not enough: Why polluters must pay Type: Link External link source:
Source: Yale Environment 360Date: March 12, 2012
Gernot Wagner argues we must also cap emissions or put a price on carbon in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. - Naomi Klein is half right: Distorted markets are the real problem Type: Link External link source:
Source: GristDate: March 14, 2012
Gernot Wagner responds to Naomi Klein's claim that free markets won't solve the climate crisis. - The rebound effect in a more fuel efficient transportation sector [PDF] Type: Link External link source:
Source: Institute for Policy IntegrityDate: January 23, 2012
Review of existing research on the rebound effect in the transportation sector with framework for policymakers and suggestions for future research. - In the critical period from now until 2020 global emissions must start to decline.
- Bloom Energy’s Bloom Box enables the possibility of affordable, low-carbon energy generated on site.
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