As California moves to implement cap and trade to reduce harmful greenhouse gases, the UC Berkeley Center for Law, Energy and the Environment has published a new study designed to help lawmakers in California fine-tune the legislation. [social_buttons] As with the studies by the German Marshall Fund with its Ten … [continued]
An attempt to overthrow California’s progressive climate bill AB32 has been slowed down by Attorney General Jerry Brown, the Democratic candidate to be the post-Schwarzenegger governor of California. Republican lawmaker Dan Logue and co-drafter and anti-tax agitator Ted Costa want an initiative on the ballot to kill AB32 (crafted to … [continued]
In the absence of such legislation “The Invisible Hand” has tended to find that utilities should just continue to source their electricity from traditional sources, with the result that states that do not have an RES have the unhealthiest electricity in the nation.
The Obama administration is moving ahead with not one, but three EPA rules that will start to reduce our use of coal, (by far the worst emitter of greenhouse gases in the nation) to move the nation towards a cleaner, safer, healthier energy future, despite misuse of the Senate filibuster by Republicans who are paid to support coal.
Surprisingly, in climate policy discourse, the cost/benefit analysis of the health benefits has not been a consideration – because the focus has been on just minimizing the cost of the transition to renewable energy.
