Posted by Peter Miller in Solving Global Warming
The 33% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) recently passed by the California Legislature represents a commitment to an almost 3-fold increase in the amount of renewable generation for California consumers in 2020 compared to current levels. If enacted, this legislation would...
Posted by Peter Miller in Solving Global Warming
Over the past couple of days, I've been asked by a number of reporters about the practical difference between an executive order directing CARB to adopt an RPS regulation and legislative enactment of the RPS. Here, then, is a clear...
Posted by Peter Miller in Solving Global Warming
Very late last Friday on the final day of the legislative session, the California legislature passed a package of bills that together would require all utilities in the state to get one third of their electricity from renewable energy facilities...
Posted by Peter Miller in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
California's legislature is close to passing a requirement to raise the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 33% in 2020. If it is enacted, this law will once again place California at the forefront of efforts to expand the role...
Posted by Peter Miller in Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
The headline reads: "Sulfur emissions more important than CO2 in warming, scientist says." Apparently, a retired USGS geologist has determined that sulfur is primarily responsible for climate change rather than carbon dioxide. According to the story in Greenwire, Peter Ward...
Posted by Peter Miller in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
I recently had the opportunity to make a brief presentation to the California State Assembly Democratic caucus. I was asked to be on a panel discussing proposed legislation to increase California's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 35%. Since many of the...
Posted by Peter Miller in Solving Global Warming
I've seen a couple of incorrect and misleading news reports about the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was signed last night at this conference. I want to comment on this rumor since it seems to be gaining momentum. These reports...
Posted by Peter Miller in Solving Global Warming
Last night the governors of five U.S. states along with governors from a number of Brazilian and Indonesian states signed an agreement to work together to reduce emissions from tropical deforestation and degradation. It was a feel good photo op...
Posted by Peter Miller in Solving Global Warming
The morning started off with a bang. Governor Schwarzenegger highlighted California's leadership on climate change over the past decade and then introduced the video from President-elect Obama. Looking very presidential, Obama enunciated an unambiguous commitment to enacting a federal cap...
Posted by Peter Miller in Solving Global Warming
I'm writing from Governor Schwarznegger's Global Climate Summit in Beverly Hills, California. It's 8 AM and the summit attendees are just arriving. High level government, private sector and NGO representatives are arriving from the U.S., China, Indonesia, and Brazil to...
