Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) are at it again, this time running full throttle scare ads across the country (click here for an example) against the American Clean Energy and Security...continued→
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming
Today the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) released a "new" economic analysis claiming disastrous economic impacts of climate protection legislation. It's a story they've repeated over and over, against virtually every piece...continued→
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released today an analysis of the economic impact of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA). Once again, the news is good, confirming what we've learned from recent studies by the Environmental Protection Agency...continued→
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming
Recycling their flawed May 13th analysis, the Heritage Foundation just released a new memo criticizing the precedent-setting Waxman-Markey Bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, HR. 2454). Par for the course, the Foundation gets it all wrong: an...continued→
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming
ACESA will provide billions of dollars to American farmers who, among other things, can lease land for wind turbines, sell biomass waste for bio-energy production, and sell offset credits to help emitting firms comply with the carbon cap. But in...continued→
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming
Over three decades of experience with environmental regulation show that investments in environmental protection, coupled with GDP growth, led to an increase in jobs that were orders of magnitude larger than any job losses caused by environmental requirements. The dire...continued→
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
The Heritage Foundation's May 13, 2009 Web Memo "analysis" of the precedent-setting Waxman-Markey Bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, HR. 2454), not surprisingly gets it all backwards. An engine of economic growth, job creation, energy security, and...continued→
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming
Opponents of climate legislation are living in a parallel universe where the value of pollution allowances disappears into a black hole, energy markets are currently perfect, and the impacts of global warming are costless. On this side of the worm...continued→
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Despite growing momentum by the new administration and Congress to take bold action that will bring us into a new clean energy future, opponents of comprehensive energy and climate legislation repeatedly predict rising costs, citing studies that appear to provide...continued→
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming
This week, Congressmen Waxman and Markey released a new plan to repower America with clean energy and clean jobs. And, what did we hear from the climate deniers: the same old scare tactics they roll out every time a good...continued→
