A new analysis by researchers at the Organisation for Economic C0-Operation and Development and the International Energy Agency explores how model structure, baseline estimates and policy assumptions influence the magnitude of estimated GHG mitigation for various proposed policies across a variety of models. The paper, “National and Sectoral GHG Mitigation Potential: A Comparison Across...
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The U.S. Congressional Budget Office released its final analysis of the impact pending clean energy and carbon-emissions regulations are likely to have on the federal budget and deficit for more than a decade. The bottom line is that the planned energy and environmental programs would increase federal revenues by about $846 billion and increase...
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There are growing concerns about the likely impact of recent legislative changes on the proposed Renewable Electricity Standardcurrently working its way through Congress. The principal issue appears to be that the various reductions in mandated quotas and the expanding number of ways utilities will be allowed to use to meet those quotas will wipe out...
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“Geoengineering,” a clutch of wild-eyed strategies specifically tailored to alter the planet’s climate, may be the only option humanity has to avoid the potentially catastrophic consequences of abrupt climate change. The concept has attracted attention as a worst-case-scenario strategy for adapting to abrupt climate change. In April, U.S. Presidential Science Advisor, John Holdren, provoked...
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World oil prices in 2030 are now projected to rise 80 percent higher above price projection made as recently as last year, according to the Energy Information Administration’s recently released International Energy Outlook 2009. The IEO 2009 predicts oil prices will rise significantly in all three scenarios of future economic growth – high, low...
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Testimony of Lisa P. Jackson Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Hearing on EPA’s 2010 Budget Proposal Environment and Public Works Committee United States Senate Madam Chairman and Members of the Committee, I am delighted to appear before you today to discuss how the proposed FY 2010 Budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency is designed to...
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A leaked memorandum created by the Office of Management and Budget concludes that there may be “serious economic consequences” for the EPA’s recent decision to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act. The leaked document surfaced today at a Congressional hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) when Senator...
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Senior government officials from China and the United States called for more aggressive measures to accelerate the development and deployment of clean coal technologies. China and the United States are the two world’s largest users of coal. Though relatively abundant and cheap, coal emits more carbon dioxide per unit of energy than either oil...
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