Posted by Sasha Lyutse in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Last week, the USDA's Office of the Chief Economist published its preliminary analysis of the effect of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) on the U.S. agricultural sector. The conclusion was clear: ACES will help, not hurt, American...
Posted by Sasha Lyutse in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Yesterday's Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing entitled "Economic Opportunities for Agriculture, Forestry Communities, and Others in Reducing Global Warming Pollution" provided another opportunity to take an honest look at the full picture of what ACESA, the House...
Posted by Sasha Lyutse in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
This week, the Heritage Foundation once again used its highly inflated estimates of carbon allowance prices under the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) to make this statement about costs to farmers: "The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis...
Posted by Sasha Lyutse in U.S. Law and Policy
The much-anticipated ''American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009'' (a.k.a., Waxman-Markey) was finally released this past Tuesday (full draft is available here). Here's a quick look at one of the potentially thornier elements of the proposal: the role of...
