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Free Market Perspective Dominates The Climate Policy Debate

November 15, 2011 by John Wilson
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As Grist’s David Roberts might remind us, Bob Inglis’ recent climate change commentaries are a throwback to an era when policy and appeals to self interest had a role in national politics. A year after reasoned debate abruptly surrendered to unhinged anti-environmental sentiment, Bob Inglis’ perspective is barely heard by the most vocal members of his Republican party, for whom “policy [is] merely an instrument to reinforce the status quo and punish out-groups.” [read more]

Jeffrey Sachs: Calling Academics, Research Communities and Companies To Make Up For Political Shortcomings

April 14, 2011 by Niall Mangan
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Jeffrey Sachs spoke at the Future of Energy public lecture series at Harvard University. He called for an epistemic community, composed of academics, engineers and researchers to come up with a technically detailed, scientifically based plan on how we will decrease our carbon emissions over the next 50 years. He motivated this call by detailing our government's failures to act and the inherent difficulties of the climate problem. [read more]

Richter: Energy in Three Dimensions

January 3, 2011 by Breakthrough Institute
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"Energy Innovation 2010" keynote presentation delivered by Nobel laureate physicist Dr. Burton Richter on December 15, 2010. (Richter's Keynote begins at 5:56 in the video below)   I have been asked by the organizers to be provocative at this discussion of energy innovation - the more provocative the better, I was told. So far, the... [read more]

Santa, how about improved efficiency and the smart grid for Christmas?

December 24, 2010 by James Greenberger
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This being the night before Christmas, the question of what the advanced battery industry should ask for from the Administration and the Congress in 2011 strikes a certain cord. Old St. Nick, it seems, is still in a giving mood, but finds himself short of funds. Here is my list for Santa: [read more]

Coming to terms with power

August 22, 2010 by David Hone
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As the new UK government passes 100 days in office, it is clear that one issue high on the agenda of the Department of Energy and Climate Change is the shape of the power generation sector and its investment strategy. Both an Emissions Performance Standard and a carbon floor price are proposed to help chart the future. [read more]

Moving On: Democrats After Cap and Trade

June 22, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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Now that Obama has officially opened the door to alternatives to the conventional cap and trade framework, Congressional Democrats are finally willing to admit the policy is dead and focus on finding an economically and politically viable Plan B. According to E&E (subs. req'd), efforts to formulate that Plan B have just begun and... [read more]

Cap and Trade -- Dismissed

June 17, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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Cap and trade didn't make the cut in President Obama's address to the nation earlier this week regarding the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon offshore oil spill. As Breakthrough Senior Advisor Teryn Norris noted: Instead of using last night's prime-time opportunity to push cap and trade in the form of the Kerry-Lieberman American Power... [read more]

Why I voted Against the EPA on Climate Control

June 16, 2010 by Senator Lamar Alexander
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  Last week, 41 Republican senators and six Democratic Senators voted to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from unilaterally regulating carbon dioxide emissions on up to six million businesses around the country. I was among the 47 votes, because I believe Congress, not an administrative agency, should be writing the laws... [read more]

Obama Signals Need for New Energy Agenda

June 16, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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By Teryn Norris Cross-posted from Americans for Energy Leadership The biggest news from President Obama's Oval Office address is that cap and trade legislation is probably dead for the foreseeable future, and the administration is seeking new ideas. Instead of using last night's prime-time opportunity to push cap and trade in the form... [read more]

Realpolitik Goes Mainstream

June 14, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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Cross-posted from Roger Pielke Jr's Blog. The Financial Times has a realistic and sobering article [subs. req'd] on the state on international climate negotiations: Christiana Figueres startled delegates when she addressed the United Nations climate conference in Bonn last week: "I do not believe we will ever have a final agreement on... [read more]

An Aside into Domestic US Politics

June 10, 2010 by Andrew Holland
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I have spent very little time on this blog delving into the US political debate about climate policy.  Frankly, in the short to medium term, it doesn't matter very much for security policy what any nation does.  Most scientists say that we're locked-in for the next 30 years or so with an escalating concentration of carbon and... [read more]

Graham Calls it Quits on Kerry-Lieberman

June 9, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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Not only did Lindsey Graham (R-SC) withdraw from talks surrounding a climate and energy bill eventually released by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) in early May, yesterday he announced that he wouldn't vote for the legislation should Kerry and Lieberman successfully bring it to the Senate floor. Graham cited... [read more]

Entergy & Exelon retreat from new builds

June 8, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Costs, risks, and lack of a price on carbon all play in their decisions Two of the nation’s largest nuclear utilities are sounding a retreat from building new nuclear reactors in the near-term. In separate speeches Entergy (NYSE:ETR) CEO J. Wayne Leonard and Exelon (NYSE:EXC) CEO John Rowe said they do not want to take the risk of... [read more]

Obama: Sitting out the climate war

June 7, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Talking about the Gulf oil disaster in a speech last week at Carnegie Mellon University, President Obama said we need an energy-and-climate bill because the only way the transition to clean energy will ultimately succeed is if the private sector is fully invested in this future — if capital comes off the sidelines and the ingenuity of... [read more]

Smooth Talking Coal King, Establishment Environmental Leaders, Politicians and Cap And Trade Fix

June 5, 2010 by Rod Adams
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Businessweek has published a fascinating article by Eric Pooley titled The Smooth Talking King of Coal - And Climate Change that should be required reading for anyone who is interested in understanding how business leaders, establishment Environmental group leaders, and ambitious politicians can come together to concoct a scheme to skew... [read more]