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Climate Change Policy as an Economic Redevelopment Opportunity: The Role of Productive Investments in Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions John A. “Skip” Laitner October 2009 Abstract This report is designed to set the record straight about the long-term economic impacts of cap-and-trade ...
Livestock and Climate Change
worldwatch.org — Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change... are...cows, pigs, and chickens? The environmental impact of the lifecycle and supply chain of animals raised for food has been vastly ... (more) Livestock and Climate Change
Global Climate Change Policy Tracker: An Investor's Assessment
dbcca.com — This report, "Global Climate Change Policy Tracker: An Investor's Assessment" (Climate Tracker), provides investors with an analysis... of climate change policies and assigns a risk rating to 109 countries, states and regions based on key government ... (more) Global Climate Change Policy Tracker: An Investor's ...
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Senate Debates Climate Legislation amid Competing Forecasts of Its Effects
Energy Priorities — ... the legislation would cost the average household 22 to 30 cents per day, or $80 to $111 per year. Most such reports, however, are issued by groups with an interest in seeing the bill pass or fail, and it would take several advanced degrees to unpack the analyses behind them. Yesterday, several Midwest states issued reports in unison, and held media conference calls throughout the day to announce them. Today, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient America (ACEEE) is releasing a new report "setting the record straight" about how energy-saving investments will create jobs ...

Climate Bill Needs to Drive Investment in Energy Efficiency
Environmental Leader — October 28, 2009 Climate Bill Needs to Drive Investment in Energy Efficiency ClimateBillImpacts Climate legislation that encourages energy-saving investments will create millions of jobs, save U.S. consumers billions on monthly energy bills, and spur innovation, according to a report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The report also evaluates the long-term economic impacts of cap-and-trade legislation. The report, Climate Change Policy as an Economic Redevelopment Opportunity: The Role of Productive Investments in Mitigating Greenhouse Gas ...

The More Climate Regulation, The Better? A Report…
Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit — ... that the Waxman-Markey climate bill, passed by the House last summer, would cost the average household $176 a year by 2020 — hardly a devastating levy. If the Berkeley study — and others like it — hold any water at all, that increased cost could be outweighed by broad economic benefits. Oh, and in case you’ve forgotten: we get to save the planet, too. The Berkeley report was co-authored by David Roland‐Holst and Fredrich Kahrl of Berkeley in collaboration with Madhu Khanna of the University of Illinois, Urbana‐Champaign and Jennifer Bakka of  Yale University.

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