Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming
America has a historic opportunity to lead the world in an energy transformation, create millions of clean energy jobs, and protect itself from dangerous dependence on foreign oil, all while protecting the planet from the most dangerous impacts of global...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
U.S. per capita greenhouse emissions show tremendous differences between states, prompting concern that some states would bear much heavier burdens from a cap on global warming emissions than others. For example, while national per capita emissions are 20.6 metric tons...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
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→
