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A Call to Action

A Call to Action: Executive Summary by Herschel Specter President, RBR Consultants, Inc. mhspecter@verizon.net This report is a call to action, and it presents a multi-faceted national energy plan that would address the twin...
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An “All-of-the-Above” Strategy to Reduce Oil Use

The President said in his State of the Union Address, “And nowhere is the promise of innovation greater than in American-made energy.”  He then talked about opening federal land for...
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Balancing the Benefits and Costs of Natural Gas

Modeling results in the MIT Future of Natural Gas Study released in June of last year suggested that the US could make major progress in the next two decades towards...
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Barriers to the Diffusion of Climate Friendly Technologies

Full Title:  Barriers to the Diffusion of Climate Friendly Technologies Author(s): Brown, Marilyn A. and Benjamin K. Sovacool. Publisher(s): International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialization Publication Date: 2/2011 Language: English Length: 19 pages, PDF Full...
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California LCFS Ruled Unconstitutional

A federal judge has ruled to block California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, arguing that it “unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state producers and tries to regulate activities that take place entirely outside...
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Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 Introduced

Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) has introduced the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012, which would require electric utilities to derive increasing percentages of their supply...
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Climate change and food safety

Full Title: Climate change and food safety: A review Author(s): M.C. Tirado, R. Clarke, L. Jaykus, et al. Publisher(s): Food Research International, Elsevier Publication Date: 7/2010 Identifier(s): 43 (2010) 1745–1765, doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2010.07.003 Language: English Length:  21 pages, PDF Full Text: -->DOWNLOAD FILE<-- Description (excerpt): This...
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Climate Impact of Canada’s Oil Sands

A paper by researchers at the University of Alberta, Edmonton found that the impact of Canadian oil sands mining, and subsequent land restoration, on carbon release has been significantly underestimated....
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Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA

On February 28th and 29th a federal appeals court in Washington, DC will hear oral arguments in Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA, an aggregation of lawsuits challenging U.S. EPA’s...
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Copenhagen Accord

Full Title: Copenhagen Accord Author(s): Proposal by the President Publisher(s):  United Nations UNFCCC Publication Date: 12/2009 Identifier(s):  FCCC/CP/2009/L.7 Language: English Length: 5 pages, PDF Full Text: -->DOWNLOAD FILE<-- Description (excerpt): The Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers, and other heads of delegation present at...
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Creating a Clean Energy Century

Note: Synopsis from report's executive summary. Creating a Clean Energy Century: Recapturing the Lead in Clean Tech Innovation By Josh Freed, Sam Hodas, Sarah Collins, and Stephanie Praus While the energy market has...
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Defense and Energy Innovation

A recent report from the Bipartisan Policy Center, Energy Innovation at the Department of Defense: Assessing the Opportunities, challenges the assumption that the DoD can function as a be-all-end-all driver...
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Discussion Catalyst: Carbon Policies

[Note: The statements below are intended solely to stimulate discussion among the Expert community, and do not represent the position of OurEnergyPolicy.org. Text in italics indicates clarification or expansion.] There is...
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Discussion Catalyst: Coal

[Note: The statements below are intended solely to stimulate discussion among the Expert community, and do not represent the position of OurEnergyPolicy.org. Text in italics indicates clarification or expansion.] Coal is...
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Discussion Catalyst: Conserving Electrical Energy

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Discussion Catalyst: Electricity — Background and Goals

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Discussion Catalyst: Electricity Generation Principles

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Discussion Catalyst: Fusion

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Discussion Catalyst: Hydrogen

[Note: The statements below are intended solely to stimulate discussion among the Expert community, and do not represent the position of OurEnergyPolicy.org. Text in italics indicates clarification or expansion.] An analysis...
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Discussion Catalyst: Overview–The Need for Policy

[Note: The text below is intended solely to stimulate discussion among the Expert community, and does not represent the position of OurEnergyPolicy.org or affiliated individuals.] The U.S. is at an energy...
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Discussion Catalyst: Policy Principles

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Discussion Catalyst: The Methanol Market

Critical policy recommendations mentioned above (Flex Fuel GEM mandate, Alternative fuel infrastructure tax credit, and Government vehicle purchase mandate). We must solve the "chicken and egg" problem of the alcohol fuel...
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Discussion Catalyst: Transportation Research Priorities

[Note: The statements below are intended solely to stimulate discussion among the Expert community, and do not represent the position of OurEnergyPolicy.org. Text in italics indicates clarification or expansion.] Substantially increase...
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Discussion Catalyst: Wind

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Does Cap and Trade Promote Innovation?

A study of successful cap-and-trade schemes published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science found that cap-and-trade policies – a widely favored tool in climate change mitigation –...
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