In summer 2005, several of the organizations that comprise the Sustainable Energy Coalition drafted a document entitled the “Sustainable Energy Blueprint.” The “Blueprint” proposes that the goals of the nation’s energy policy should be to: 1.) promote energy-saving technologies in all sectors of the economy – including energy-efficient buildings, appliances, lighting, vehicles, and industrial processes…
California’s ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions could create tens of thousands of new jobs and dramatically boost the economy in coming years, according to two independent analyses released in January 2006. The reports, one led by economists at the University of California at Berkeley and the other by Center for Clean Air Policy…
On November 1, 2005, the Center for Resource Solutions* submitted a 181-page report “Achieving a 33% Renewable Energy Target” to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The report, prepared as the result of work funded by the Energy Foundation at the request of the CPUC, found that it is economically and technologically feasible for California…
“The New Harvest: Biofuels and Windpower for Rural Revitalization and National Energy Security” is a 47-page study co-authored by Patrick Mazza (Climate Solutions) and Eric Heitz (President – Energy Foundation). It was released in November 2005. The study finds that renewable fuels from crops can largely replace gasoline. Wind power can generate a major share…
On September 20, 2004, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) released its study, “Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security,” a Pentagon-co-funded blueprint for making the United States oil-free. The plan outlines how American industry can restore competitive and boost profits by mobilizing modern technologies and smart business strategies to displace oil more…
Stanford University researchers have produced a new study and corresponding map that pinpoints where the world’s winds are fast enough to produce power. After analyzing more than 8,000 wind-speed measurements to identify the world’s wind-power potential for the first time, Cristina Archer, a former postdoctoral fellow, and Mark Z. Jacobson, an associate professor of civil…
WHAT: April 26, 2006 will mark the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. Even as the true dimensions of the worst industrial accident in history become clearer, the nuclear power industrybacked by the Bush administrationis seeking to begin the first new reactor construction in the U.S. in more than 30 years. The…
Comparison of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions and Abatement Cost of Nuclear and Alternative Energy Options from a Life-Cycle Perspective. Oko Institute, updated
Nuclear power: economics and climate-protection potential. Amory Lovins. Rocky Mountain Institute. 06
Is Nuclear Energy Sustainable? Presentation by José Goldemberg and Oswaldo Lucon, São Paulo State Environment Agency, Brazil, at NIRS/Sierra Club of Canada/Heinrich Boell Foundation event in Montreal, (Powerpoint presentation).