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China, the United States, and the Climate Change Challenge

By Deborah Seligsohn on October 21, 2009

As December’s climate change talks approach, a new WRI report discusses the successes and challenges to effective regulation in China.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Southeast Companies to Highlight Business Case for Congressional Clean Energy and Climate Action

October 5, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

WHAT:

The World Resources Institute (WRI), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and clean technology companies will host a Senate briefing for lawmakers, staff, and journalists Tuesday, October 6, 2009. Companies representing the emerging clean energy industry in the Southeast United States will share their perspectives on jobs and economic growth in clean energy. They will also express how energy and climate legislation affects small and medium-sized businesses and how such policy action can support a competitive Southeast economy.

New Energy Forecasts Show Time is Right for Senate Action

By John Larsen on October 1, 2009

WRI Senior Associate John Larsen answers questions about recent emissions reductions and what they mean for climate legislation.

Statement by WRI’s Jonathan Lash on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

September 30, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

MEDIA ADVISORY; Climate Briefing and Opportunity to Meet WRI’s New Climate Director and China Country Director

September 11, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT:

Please join the World Resources Institute (WRI) for a journalist-only climate change policy briefing next Friday that will arm you with fresh analysis and insight for this fall’s crowded climate agenda. WRI president Jonathan Lash will give an overview of domestic and international prospects for progress, and how they intersect. WRI’s new Climate and Energy Program Director, Jennifer Morgan, and our new China Country Director Zou Ji (bios attached) will provide unique insight into the UN climate negotiations and Chinese progress and thinking on climate action. This will be followed by a domestic policy panel. WRI analysts will deconstruct the American Clean Energy and Security Act (emission reductions, allowances, offsets, benefits to states etc) and our states policy team will dissect what federal climate legislators can learn from successful state climate actions

The briefing will be followed by a question and answer session and a happy hour for reporters to follow up individually with our climate experts.

Climate Change Legislation: Myths and Reality

By Jessica Forres and Polly Ghazi on August 25, 2009

Here are some quick “reality checks” on common misconceptions about climate change legislation in the United States.

Summary of S. 1502: The Carbon Storage Stewardship Trust Fund Act of 2009

By Sarah Forbes on August 4, 2009

S. 1502 would establish a program managed by the Department of Energy to create a trust fund to ensure prompt compensation for any damages from the geologic storage of carbon dioxide.

Jennifer Morgan to Lead WRI’s Climate Team

August 3, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has named Jennifer L. Morgan as director of its Climate and Energy Program. 

WRI Summary of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey)

By John Larsen, Alexia Kelly and Robert Heilmayr on July 31, 2009

This summary provides a concise overview of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act, as passed by the House of Representatives on June 26, 2009 (This summary applies only to H.R. 2454 as passed and not subsequent iterations).

Analysis of Allowances to States Under HR 2454

By John Larsen, Kate Zyla (GCC) and Gabriel Pacyniak (GCC) on July 28, 2009

Here is a brief analysis of the allowances allocated to states and energy consumers under the “Waxman-Markey” American Clean Energy and Security Act, or H.R. 2454.

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