Shaheen-Portman Bill: 172,000 Green Jobs, Huge Energy Efficiency Gains
New analysis finds the Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency bill could create hundreds of thousands of green jobs while dramatically cutting US energy use and emissions by 2030.
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WRI Climate Solution Proposal at Cancun Gets Approval From Nicolas Stern
One problem besetting climate negotiations, both at Copenhagen and at Cancun, is a lack of trust. This is because there has been no consistent metric by which to measure progress globally. Each nation provides their own monitoring and reporting. The solution, just launched this week at the Cancun climate talks … [continued]
Benefits of EPA Regulations Far Outweigh Costs, Industry Lies
We hear all the time that new environmental regulations will cause considerable job losses. This is a straight lie. We hear all the time that we can only protect the environment at the expense of the economy. This is a straight lie. A recent article by Ruth Greenspan Bell, a … [continued]
Five Indicators of Success at Copenhagen
How will we know if we have succeeded at Copenhagen this year in turning our one and only human civilization from the brink of extinction – towards a long, clean energy future?
