Climate Policy Memo #1: Cap and Trade v Taxes
Full Title: Climate Policy Memo #1: Cap and Trade v Taxes
Author(s): Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Publisher(s): Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Publication Date: 3/2009
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Cap and trade and a carbon tax are two distinct policies aimed...
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Tagged Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Emissions, GHGs, Pew Center on Global Climate Change |
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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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Tagged Climate Change, CO2 Capture, Economy, Electric Vehicles, Energy Economics, GHGs, Global Competitiveness, Methanol, Natural Gas Powered Vehicles, Nuclear, Oil, Oil Imports, Peak Oil |
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A Call to Action
Full Title: A Call to Action
Author(s): Herschel Specter
Publisher(s): RBR Consultants, Inc.
Publication Date: 8/2011
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This report is a call to action, and it presents a multi-faceted national energy plan that...
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Tagged Climate Change, Energy Policy, gas, Gas Prices, National Security, Oil, Oil Consumption, Oil Dependence, petroleum |
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A Carbon Tax Would Harm U.S. Competitiveness and Low-Income Americans Without Helping the Environment
Full Title: A Carbon Tax Would Harm U.S. Competitiveness and Low-Income Americans Without Helping the Environment
Author(s): Derrick Morgan
Publisher(s): The Heritage Foundation
Publication Date: 8/2012
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Supporters of a new carbon tax are using arguments aimed...
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A New Perspective for Labeling the Carbon Footprint Against Climate Change
Full Title: A New Perspective for Labeling the Carbon Footprint Against Climate Change
Author(s): Juan Cagiao Villar, Sebastián Labella Hidalgo, Adolfo Carballo Penela and Breixo Gómez Meijide
Publisher(s): Intech
Publication Date: 1/2012
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Tagged carbon emissions, Climate Change, Environment, GHGs |
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A Voice for the Fish? Climate Change Litigation and Potential Causes of Action for Impacts Under the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement
Full Title: A Voice for the Fish? Climate Change Litigation and Potential Causes of Action for Impacts Under the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement
Author(s): William C.G. Burns
Publisher(s): N/A
Publication Date: 4/2008
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Tagged Climate Change, climate policy, Fish, GHGs, International Climate Policy |
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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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Tagged Biofuels, CAFE Standards, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Ethanol, Flex Fuel, Global Competitiveness, Innovation, Methanol, National Security, Oil Sands, President Obama, Shale Oil, State of the Union |
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An Assessment of US Progress towards its Pledge on Climate Change Mitigation
Full Title: An Assessment of US Progress towards its Pledge on Climate Change Mitigation
Author(s): Dallas Burtraw and Matt Woerman
Publisher(s): Centre for European Policy Studies
Publication Date: 10/2012
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In 2009, President...
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Tagged CEPS, Climate Change, climate change mitigation, climate policy, Emissions, GHGs |
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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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Tagged Climate Change, Flexible Fuel, Gas Exports, Global Competitiveness, Hydrofracking, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Combined Cycle, Shale Gas, Transportation |
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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
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Tagged CCS, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, National Climate Policy |
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Belt and Suspenders? The World Heritage Convention’s Role in Confronting Climate Change
Full Title: Belt and Suspenders? The World Heritage Convention's Role in Confronting Climate Change
Author(s): William C.G. Burns
Publisher(s): Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Publication Date: 1/2009
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In the face of increasing frustration with...
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Tagged Climate Change, World Heritage Sites |
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Boxer–Sanders Carbon Tax: Economic Impact
Full Title: Boxer–Sanders Carbon Tax: Economic Impact
Author(s): David W. Kreutzer and Kevin Dayaratna
Publisher(s): The Heritage Foundation
Publication Date: 4/2013
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Senators Barbara Boxer (D–CA) and Bernie Sanders (I–VT) recently proposed the...
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Tagged carbon emissions, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, climate policy, Climate Security Act of 2013, Economy, Heritage Foundation |
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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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Tagged Alternative Fuel Commercialization, Biofuels, California, Climate Change, Coal, Emissions, Energy Security, Life Cycle Analysis, Oil |
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Can We Get It Right on Gas?
In an August 5th op-ed, the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman urges America to “Get It Right On Gas.” While noting domestic natural gas development’s potential to address a host...
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Tagged Climate Change, Economy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, GHGs, hydraulic fracturing, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Renewables |
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Can We Rely on Technology to Stop Climate Change?
In a column for the New York Times titled “There’s Still Hope for the Planet,” columnist David Leonhardt describes why investments in technology – particularly governmental investments in clean tech...
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Tagged Cap and Trade, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Innovation, Natural Gas, R&D, Renewables |
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Carbon “Tax Swap” Deals: A Review and Critique
Full Title: Carbon "Tax Swap" Deals: A Review and Critique
Author(s): Robert P. Murphy
Publisher(s): Institute for Energy Research
Publication Date: 11/2012
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A growing number of academics and policymakers have recommended a revenue-‐neutral carbon “tax swap”...
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Tagged Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Tax Policy |
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Carbon Tax Revenue and the Budget Deficit: A Win-Win-Win Solution?
Full Title: Carbon Tax Revenue and the Budget Deficit: A Win-Win-Win Solution?
Author(s): Sebastian Rausch and John Reilly
Publisher(s): Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publication Date: 8/2012
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Bush-era tax cuts are scheduled to expire at...
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Characterizing Pivotal Sources of Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Production
Full Title: Characterizing Pivotal Sources of Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Production
Author(s): Terri Shires and Miriam Lev‐On
Publisher(s): American Petroleum Institute
Publication Date: 1/2013
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This document presents the updated results from...
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Tagged America's Natural Gas Alliance, American Petroleum Institute, Climate Change, Emissions, methane, Natural Gas |
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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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Tagged Biomass, CES, Clean Energy Standard, Climate Change, CO2 Capture, Coal, Combined Heat and Power, Congress, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policies, Energy Security, Environment, GHGs, Global Competitiveness, Hydropower, Innovation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Power Sector, Renewables, Senator Bingaman, Senator Murkowski, Solar, Wind |
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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
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This...
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Tagged Climate Change, Elsevier, Food Research International, food safety, Tirado |
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Climate Change and Older Americans: State of the Science
Full Title: Climate Change and Older Americans: State of the Science
Author(s): Janet L. Gamble, Bradford J. Hurley, Peter A. Schultz, Wendy S. Jaglom, Nisha Krishnan, and Melinda Harris
Publisher(s): National Institute...
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Tagged American Public, Climate Change, Public Health, public perception, Science |
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Climate Change and the War on Coal: Exploring the Dark Side
Full Title: Climate Change and the War on Coal: Exploring the Dark Side
Author(s): Patrick Charles McGinley
Publisher(s): Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
Publication Date: 10/2012
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The shadow cast by the threat of climate change clouds...
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Tagged Climate Change, Coal |
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Climate Change: Evidence, Impacts, and Choices
Full Title: Climate Change: Evidence, Impacts, and Choices
Author: National Research Council of the National Academies
Publisher(s): National Research Council of the National Academies
Publication Date: 7/2012
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Just what is climate? Climate is commonly...
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Climate Geoengineering: Solar Radiation Management and its Implications for Intergenerational Equity
Full Title: Climate Geoengineering: Solar Radiation Management and its Implications for Intergenerational Equity
Author(s): William C.G. Burns
Publisher(s): Stanford Journal of Law, Science & Policy
Publication Date: 5/2011
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As a result of...
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Tagged Climate Change, Environment, Geoengineering, Solar Radiation Management, Technology |
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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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Tagged Alberta Oil Sands, Climate Change, Energy Policies, Environment, GHGs, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Oil Dependence, Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, Transportation |
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